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Of Horses and Men
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Wikipedia article
'Of Horses and Men' is a 2013 Icelandic drama film written and directed by Benedikt Erlingsson and produced by fellow director Fririk r Fririksson.
The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film won the 2014 Nordic Council Film Prize. In 2014, it won the audience award at the Troms International Film Festival in Norway.[http://tiff.no/en/awards/troms-audience-award Troms Audience Award]
Plot
In a remote Icelandic valley, there is not much to do other than observe the horses, the neighbors, and the neighbors' horses with binoculars. Undisturbed, the stallions and mares do what nobody else in the valley dares to even talk about: love. However, there is still a feeling of love among some of the valley dwellers. Kolbeinn (Ingvar Eggert Sigursson) and Solveig's (Charlotte Bving) attempts at love are the subject of much interest for the valley dwellers.
Meanwhile, Vernhardur (Steinn rmann Magnsson), who has a weakness for liquor, makes a name for himself on a Russian fishing vessel with the sailor Gengis (Kash Erden Baater). There is often disagreement about the riding routes between Grimur (Kjartan Ragnarsson) and Egill (Helgi Bjrnsson); Grimur generally prefers the classic routes on horseback, whereas Egill prefers riding through rough terrain on his tractor. Jhanna (Sigrur Mara Egilsdttir), on the other hand, has nothing to say concerning her mare Raudka. One day, she encounters an injured old man. The religious Juan Camillo (himself) is seeking God on a high spiritual level.
Above all, all the people in the valley share a love of their horses, and eventually come to understand one another.
Cast
* Helgi Bjrnsson
* Charlotte Bving
* Sigrur Mara Egilsdttir
* Maria Ellingsen
* Juan Camillo Roman Estrada
* Halldra Geirharsdttir
* Erlingur Gslason
* Kristbjrg Kjeld
* Steinn rmann Magnsson
* Kjartan Ragnarsson
* Atli Rafn Sigursson
* Ingvar Eggert Sigursson
Reception
The film holds an approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 7.58 out of 10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "Well-crafted and resoundingly original, 'Of Horses and Men' is as intelligent, inscrutable, and breathtakingly lovely as its titular equines."
Robbie Collin described 'Of Horses and Men' as a "collection of six-or-so interlocking fables about a group of rural Icelanders relationships with their horses and each other, and which run the gamut from stony-black comedies of sex and death to chilly meditations on the blind cruelty of fate." He gave it four stars out of five and called it "something truly and seductively strange" and "tenderly attuned to the weather and landscape, both of which are captured in you-could-almost-be-there vividness, and underscored by a heady swirl of choral works and primal drumming."
See also
* List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
* List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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