Benedikt Erlingsson
Cast: Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, Charlotte Boving, Steinn Armann Magnusson & Helgi Bjoernsson.
Synopsis
A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with immense consequences. Punctuated with humor, OF HORSES AND MEN is an affectionate, yet unflinching portrait of a remote valley community as seen from the horses' perspective.
Filmography
Produced by the Academy Awards Nominee Fridrik Thor Fridriksson (Children of Nature ; Reykjavik-Rotterdam )
Festivals | Highlights
Academy Awards 2014 : Icelandic Entry / WINNER San Sebastian / Rotterdam iff 2014 / Karlovy Vary iff 2014 / WINNER Tokyo Best Director / WINNER Amiens iff Special award and Best Actress
Reviews
Variety - Jay Weissberg: Flabbergasting images and a delightfully dry sense of humor make 'Of Horses and Men' a debut worthy of celebration. Stage and shorts helmer Benedikt Erlingsson reveals an astonishingly inventive eye and a sensitivity to the confluence of spirit between man and animal that's impossible to capture in words, balancing desire and jealousy with the cycles of life and repping a boldly distinctive vision set in a quirky horse-riding community in the stunning Icelandic countryside. Iceland's Oscar submission will be proudly trotted out at fests and deserves visionary distribs willing to back an outsider. Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcBnkPHaC5w
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