María and Ingvar, sheep farmers, discover a mysterious newborn creature on their farm in Iceland. This unexpected turn of events brings them much joy, and is only the beginning of their troubles. A perturbing visual poem, inspired by Nordic folk legends, about the inscrutable and uncontrollable forces of nature.
Valdimar Johannsson, born in 1978 in Northern Iceland, has been working in the Icelandic film industry for two decades, in addition to working as a lighting and electrical operator on Hollywood titles. After two short films, his first feature film, Lamb, won the Innovation Award in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, and the Best Film Award at Sitges.
