Godland12A

Directed by Hlynur Pálmason | Denmark/Iceland | 2022 | 2h 23m | Danish & Icelandic w/ English subtitles | Starring Elliott Crosset Hove, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Vic Carmen Sonne, Jacob Lohmann, Hilmar Guðjónsson

At the end of the 19th century, a young Danish priest is sent to a remote Icelandic outpost to establish a church. The deeper he travels into the unforgiving landscape, the more he loses touch with his own reality, his mission, and his sense of moral duty. A beautifully shot psychological epic exploring Iceland’s colonial past and the struggle between religious strictures and more brutish elements of human nature.

Reviews

‘With Godland, Pálmason has enlisted us for a voyage of visual splendor, as terrifying as it is breathtaking, and divine contemplation.’
★★★★★
Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire

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