Indie darling A24 announced it will be the U.S. distributor ofLamb, a new horror film that just got an international teaser trailer before premiering at 2021’s Cannes Film Festival. The debut feature from Icelandic filmmakerValdimar Jóhannssonis part of “Un Certain Regard”, a competitive sidebar at Cannes dedicated to films that have a non-traditional story to tell.
The teaser shows us the idyllic landscape of Iceland’s countryside, where a couple raises sheep away from civilization. The teaser gets darker as the seconds go by, while the fields start to look more menacingly and the music on the background teases something terrible is about to happen. Unfortunately, we don’t get to see much of the promised danger, but in little more than a minute,Lamb’s teaser is capable of making the viewer feel disturbed by what should be a peaceful rural area.
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It’s impossible to watchLamb’s teaser and not draw a comparison withRobert Eggers’The WitchandAri Aster’sMidsommar, both horror movies distributed by A24. That is actually good news since ifLambis as good as previous A24’s horror titles, we’ll get to see something exceptional. We don’t know much aboutLamb’s story so far, but it includes a half-human, half-sheep baby who’s found on Christmas Eve. It sounds like the perfect mix of folktale and Christianity to bring out something unique to movie theaters.
Commenting on the recent A24 acquisition, Jóhannsson said he was thrilled to learn about the deal. In Jóhannsson’s words, “A24 is a company I have been following for years, and I am very proud to be a part of their unique community of filmmakers.” Lamb starsNoomi Rapace(The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) alongside Icelandic actorsHilmir Snaer Gu∂nasonandBjörn Hlynur Haraldsson.
There’s still no release date forLambin the U.S., but A24 announced the movie will be released later this year.Lambwill world premiere on Tuesday, May 13, in Cannes. CheckLamb’s first teaser below.
Here’s the officialLambsynopsis:
“A childless couple in rural Iceland make an alarming discovery one day in their sheep barn. They soon face the consequences of defying the will of nature, in this dark and atmospheric folktale, the striking debut feature from director Valdimar Jóhannsson.”
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