2021 Icelandic folk horror film
Lamb (Icelandic: Dýrið, lit. 'The Animal') is a 2021 folk horror film directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sjón. It marks Valdimar's feature-length directorial debut and stars Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snær Guðnason as a couple who adopt a mysterious human-sheep hybrid as their own.
An international co-production between Iceland, Sweden, and Poland, the film features Rapace and Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr as executive producers. After premiering at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, the film was released by Sena in Iceland on 24 September 2021, Gutek Film in Poland on 31 December 2021, and TriArt Film in Sweden on 11 March 2022.
Lamb received positive reviews and grossed $3.2 million at the box office. It was Iceland's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, and made the shortlist but was ultimately not nominated.
Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.