Godland
The struggle between the strictures of religion and humankind’s brute animal nature plays out amid the beautifully forbidding landscapes of remote Iceland in this stunning psychological epic from director Hlynur Pálmason. In the late nineteenth century, Danish priest Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove) makes the perilous trek to Iceland’s southeastern coast with the intention of establishing a church. There, the arrogant man of God finds his resolve tested as he confronts the harsh terrain, temptations of the flesh, and the reality of being an intruder in an unforgiving land. What unfolds is a transfixing journey into the heart of colonial darkness—one that’s attuned to both the majesty and the terrifying power of the natural world.
Janus Contemporaries releases Blu-ray and DVD editions of first-run films, fresh from theaters, in association with the Criterion Channel.
INCLUDES
- Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Hlynur Pálmason
- Trailer
INCLUDES
- Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Hlynur Pálmason
- Trailer
Cast
- Elliott Crosset Hove
- Lucas
- Ingvar Sigurðsson
- Ragnar
- Vic Carmen Sonne
- Anna
- Jacob Hauberg Lohmann
- Carl
- Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir
- Ida
- Waage Sandø
- Vincent
- Hilmar Guðjónsson
- Translator
Credits
- Director
- Hlynur Pálmason
- Screenplay
- Hlynur Pálmason
- Cinematography
- Maria von Hausswolff
- Editing
- Julius Krebs Damsbo
- Production design
- Frosti Friðriksson
- Costume design
- Nina Grønlund
- Sound design
- Björn Viktorsson
- Sound design
- Kristian Eidnes Andersen
- Music
- Alex Zhang Hungtai
- Production company
- Snowglobe
- In collaboration with
- Join Motion Pictures
- Coproduction company
- Maneki Films
- Coproduction company
- Garagefilm International
- Coproduction company
- Film i Väst
- Producer
- Katrin Pors
- Producer
- Anton Máni Svansson
- Producer
- Eva Jakobsen
- Producer
- Mikkel Jersin
- Coproducer
- Didar Domehri
- Coproducer
- Mimmi Spång
- Coproducer
- Anthony Muir
- Coproducer
- Peter Possne
- Coproducer
- Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Trailer for Godland
