Godland

Godland

2022 · 143 min · DA · NR · 7.0 (79 votes)
Dir. Hlynur Pálmason · Starring Elliott Crosset Hove, Vic Carmen Sonne, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Jacob Lohmann, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Waage Sandø
Drama

In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.

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A starkly beautiful, yet deeply unsettling journey into the Icelandic wilderness. It feels like a slow, inevitable descent into a primal landscape that strips away pretense, leaving only raw, existential dread. The vast, indifferent nature dwarfs human ambition and faith.

austerecontemplativemelancholicunsettlingslow-burnarthouseperiod dramacinematicnaturalisticfaithcolonialismnature vs. manisolation
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photographycultural conflictyoung priest
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