Rams (Foreign Drama – Icelandic)
As many who know me (or have read this blog for a while) know I
love anything and everything Icelandic.
When I heard an award winning film came out of my home away from home I
couldn’t wait to see it.
This is the story of two brothers who have neighboring farms and
raise specially bred sheep. Each competes
each year for the best ram in the remote area of the northeastern part of the
country. Good natured sibling
rivalry? Hardly. These brothers haven’t spoken in who knows
how many years. When scabies is found in
that year’s prize ram each of the brothers reacts differently to the edict that
the entire flocks be killed to stop the spread of the incurable disease.
I wanted to love this movie.
It’s awkward and darkly funny in spots, but overall I found it quite sad
rather than the quirky story I thought I was getting. Also I wasn’t a fan of the ending. It was one of those endings when the credits
start rolling and you look around your living room in disbelief that the movie
could end suddenly like it just did. For
fans of strange foreign films with a definite dark side.
