RAMS / HRÚTAR

In the solitude of a remote Iceland valley, two brothers – Gummi and Kiddi – are raising sheep. Although they live on adjacent farms, they haven't spoken to each other for 40 years. When Kiddi's award-winning flock of sheep is struck by a lethal contageous disease, the whole valley becomes endangered. In order to prevent the outbreak, the authorities decide to kill all the animals. To the farmers who live off the sheep, it is like a death penalty. Many of them decide to leave their homes. However, Gummi and Kiddi refuse to give in. In order to save the valuable, generation-old breed – and also themselves – the estranged brothers are forced to team up.
In a warm and subtle way, Hákonarson's second feature film and Icelandic entry for this year's Academy Awards depicts the deeply rooted rural culture which is inextricably connected with the Icelandic national spirit. And all this against the backdrop of fantastic northern landscapes.