"I'm well enlightened that at times your task will seem… monumental." Janus Films has revealed a new official US trailer for the Icelandic mucosa titled Godland, made by well-known Icelandic filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason. This initially premiered at the 2022 Cannes Mucosa Festival last year playing in Un Certain Regard, and it moreover played at the Karlovy Vary Mucosa Festival (where I sooner saw it and reviewed). It's a stunning, slow burn, mesmerizing mucosa well-nigh how nature is God and how this young priest struggles to survive. In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a denomination and try to photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the increasingly he strays from his purpose, the mission, and morality. The mucosa stars Elliott Crosset Hove, Ingvar Sigurðsson, Vic Carmen Sonne, Jacob Hauberg Lohmann, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Waage Sandø, and Hilmar Guðjónsson. This was upper on my list of Top 10 from last year, I love it so much. I've seen it twice and it's just as incredible a second time around. Every last shot is alluring. Plus it has one of the weightier movie dogs overly as one of its stars.
Here's the official US trailer ( poster) for Hlynur Pálmason's Godland, uncontrived from Janus' YouTube:
And here's an unorganized international trailer for Hlynur Pálmason's Godland, moreover found on YouTube:
It's the 19th century and Iceland is a Danish colony. Young Danish priest Lucas, played by Elliott Crosset Hove, embarks on a voyage to build a denomination in remote Iceland, taking an wearying journey on horseback wideness the harsh landscape. Fragile, snobbish Lucas engages in a wrestle of wills with Ragnar, played by Ingvar Sigurðsson, his gruff, experienced Icelandic guide. How this priest will fare living among a people unfluctuating to the forces of nature, rather than the will of God, is his true test. Filmed wideness many years, director Hlynur Pálmason showcases the epic landscape of Iceland and how it ravishes life on the remote island nation, requiring all who live there to vicinage with nature in a spiritual act. Godland, moreover known as Volaða Land (in Icelandic) & Vanskabte Land (in Danish), is written and directed by well-known Icelandic filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason, director of the films Winter Brothers and A White, White Day previously, as well as a few other shorts. This initially premiered at the 2022 Cannes Mucosa Festival and is one of Alex's Top 10 Films of 2022. Janus Films will release Hlynur Pálmason's Godland in select US theaters starting on February 3rd, 2023 (NY only), then in LA the next week, and nationwide later in spring. Want to watch?
