RAMS
[HRÚTAR] by Grímur Hákonarson
Iceland/Denmark 2015 93 min. Icelandic original version with German subtitles
sat 14 nov 8:00 pm Caligari FilmBühne
Script: Grímur Hákonarson, DoP: Sturla Brandth Grǿvlen, Editor: Kristján Loðmfjörd, Production: Netop Films, Producer: Grímar Jónsson, Cast: Sigurdur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Charlotte Böving, Gunnar Jónsson, Þorleifur Einarsson
In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a disease infects Kiddi’s sheep, the entire valley comes under threat.
"RAMS could in some sense be considered a very Scandinavian film, being a cocktail of drama and black humour. I think it could be compared with certain recent Nordic films, Bent Hamer’s KITCHEN STORIES and NOI ALBINOI by Dagur Kári. But RAMS is more realistic than those films and maybe I was also a little bit influenced by the so-called Romanian new wave." (Grímur Hákonarson)
Biography: The Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson, born in 1977, graduated from FAMU - Film Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 2004. His graduate film, SLAVEK (THE SHIT), was the first film that got international attention. It was selected to the Cinefoundation section of Cannes International Film Festival of 2005 and won twelve festival prizes, including the "Silver Hugo" of the Chicago International Film Festival. His next short film, WRESTLING, premiered in Locarno International Film Festival of 2007 and is one of the most successful short films from Iceland: It won 25 festival prizes around the world. RAMS was awarded the main prize in the section "Un Certain Regard" of this year’s Cannes International Film Festival.
Filmography (selection): 2004 THE SHIT (short), 2007 WRESTLING (short), 2010 SUMMERLAND, 2012 PURE HEART, 2013 HVELLUR, 2015 RAMS
Awards (selection): Main Award in the section "Un Certain Regard" (Cannes International Film Festival, France 2015)
