MUBI have released the new trailer and poster for Valdimar Jóhannsson’s striking debut feature film, LAMB, which will be released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 10 December 2021 and exclusively on MUBI from 25 February 2022.
Executive produced by Béla Tarr, this dark-fantasy stars Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, and Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson.
LAMB had its UK premiere in the CULT strand at the 65th BFI London Film Festival.
This darkly compelling fable tells the story of a couple, María (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snaer Gudnason) on a remote farm in rural Iceland, who find their quiet existence shaken by the astonishing discovery of a mysterious newborn amongst their sheep. They decide to raise the child as their own, but soon face the consequences of defying the will of nature. An audacious, genre-defying mix of horror and folklore, LAMB is truly like nothing you have ever seen before.
LAMB was co-written by Jóhannsson and Academy Award®-nominated writer Sjón, frequent collaborator of Björk and co-writer of Robert Eggers upcoming film, The Northman.
The film was recently released by A24 in North America and after opening weekend, became the all-time highest debut by an Icelandic film in the US.
