noomi rapace — who is brilliant in almost everything — plays maria, who lives with her partner, on ay, very remote icelandic farm. when a strange lamb is born, they take the lamb into their house and start raising its as their own child. they're completely alone, and we just see the world as they see it. gradually, we start to see the lamb in the same way that they do, as more human than animal. but meanwhile, the sheep that birthed the lamb seems to want it back. still with me? yes. here's a clip. sheep bleats. bleating intensifies. it's so atmospheric there, isn't it? and the landscape is beautiful, yeah. you feel that the score is coming up from the landscape. so here's the thing, this is directed by valdimarjohannsson and written by sjon — and i'm sure my pronunciation is terrible — who is a poet and novelist who has worked with him. and i think the poet thing is important. because what this is is like a screen poem or like a fairy tale. it's a story which if someone recounted it to you, if they told you this story, you'd go, "0k fine. "yeah, i'm playing a long with that". when y

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