Lamb (2021 film)

Lamb
U.S. theatrical release poster
IcelandicDýrið
Directed byValdimar Jóhannsson
Written by
  • Sjón
  • Valdimar Jóhannsson
Produced by
  • Marcin Drabiński
  • Piodor Gustafsson
  • Zuzanna Hencz
  • Hrönn Kristinsdóttir
  • Jon Mankell
  • Sara Nassim
  • Jan Naszewski
  • Erik Rydell
  • Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska
Starring
CinematographyEli Arenson
Edited byAgnieszka Glinska
Music byÞórarinn Guðnason
Production
companies
  • Go to Sheep
  • Boom Films
  • Black Spark Productions
  • Madants/NEM Corp
  • Film i Väst
  • Chimney Sweden
  • Chimney Poland
  • Rabbit Hole Productions
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 13 July 2021 (2021-07-13) (Cannes)
  • 24 September 2021 (2021-09-24) (Iceland)
  • 31 December 2021 (2021-12-31) (Poland)
  • 11 March 2022 (2022-03-11) (Sweden)
Running time
107 minutes[4]
Countries
  • Iceland
  • Sweden
  • Poland
LanguageIcelandic
Box office$3.2 million[5]

Lamb (Icelandic: Dýrið, lit. 'The animal') is a 2021 folk horror film[6] directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Sjón. The film's plot is about the birth of a human/sheep hybrid of mysterious origin and the couple who adopts the child as their own. An international co-production between Iceland, Sweden, and Poland,[7] the film stars Noomi Rapace, and marks Valdimar's feature-length directorial debut. Rapace and Béla Tarr were executive producers. After premiering at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, the film was released in Iceland on 24 September 2021. It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[8]

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  2. ^ "Lamb (2022)". Swedish Film Database. Swedish Film Institute. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  3. ^ Pham, Annika (25 June 2020). "Nordic Genre Boost films Lamb and Hatching attract world buyers". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Lamb". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Lamb (2021)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  6. ^ "New A24 Horror Movie Lamb Could be the Craziest Film of the Fall". 28 July 2021.
  7. ^ "PISF - Premiera kinowa koprodukcji "Lamb"".
  8. ^ Kjartan Gestsson, Davíð (18 October 2021). "Kvikmyndin Dýrið verður framlag Íslands til Óskarsverðlauna 2022". RÚV. Retrieved 18 October 2021.