A fascinating plot, burning topics and the opportunity to reflect after watching will make the film interesting to a wide range of viewers. After all, with the approach of the winter period, more and more time has to be spent in an apartment or house, and watching a movie will make even the coldest evening pleasant and comfortable. The picture “Lamb” from Icelandic creators will instantly amaze the imagination of even the most sophisticated lovers of unusual and symbolic paintings, and after viewing it after the removal of restrictions associated with the so gloomy known today covid, many will definitely want to buy tickets and go to conquer alluring Iceland!
Some information about the painting
Representing a real fairy tale with many layers of meanings for thinking and attentive viewers, the picture “Lamb” will please you with the fact that it looks easy and leaves only a pleasant aftertaste. Indeed, the film is built according to a well-thought-out scenario, and the storyline allows you to track every step of the main characters and understand the course of their thoughts. This makes it easier to understand the meaning of the picture as a whole and allows, after viewing, to speculate on many, many topics that are close to each of us.
The events in the film “The Lamb” are presented in a very original and bizarre way, which from the very first frames fascinates and does not allow you to be distracted even for a minute from watching. Throughout the film, the viewer is in suspense, because it is almost impossible to predict the ending. The relevance of the main theme of the picture is preserved for each generation. After all, the main emphasis in the film is on discussions about the relationship between parents and children, which is always an interesting and multifaceted topic.
The direction of the picture
According to viewers, the film “The Lamb” may well belong to the category of art-house films, and folk-horror with an emphasis on biblical stories. Such an unexpected combination of seemingly completely incompatible genres generates a constant interest in the picture. At some points, it is even creepy to watch the film, but the overall impression is quite positive, and The Lamb leaves the impression of a film-reasoning on eternal topics.
In general, according to generally accepted criteria, the picture belongs to three types of works of art:
drama; horror; detective.
There is also an adventure line, but to a greater extent, “The Lamb” can be considered a horror drama. Icelandic directors have captured the imagination of the audience with a high degree of thoughtfulness and constant tension during the viewing, which both intrigues and gives free rein to the imagination. And the theme of adopted children and the difficulties of building relationships with them makes the picture interesting for a wide range of viewers.
There is certainly a certain amount of absurdism in the picture, the scriptwriters tried to interest the audience in a hypnotic idyll with often silent, but absolutely understandable scenes. Since nature is presented not only as a background, but also as one of the important actors in the picture, it becomes clear to the viewer that another key point of The Lamb is the eternal question of the relationship between nature and man.
Storyline at a glance
The bizarre story of the life of an unfortunate married couple, Maria and Johannessen, who chose a strange creature as the object of their love, helps to look at intra-family relationships from a new angle. Unconditional parental love, disagreements and jealousy between the parents themselves, along with the slowness of the story, allow one to reason and rethink universal human values. And the unexpected interpretation of the usual concepts plunges into some shock and greatly expands the boundaries of what is permitted and familiar.
The focus of the picture is a couple of villagers who can be called unhappy. The first scene is already quite symbolic: it unfolds on the day before Christmas, in a barn. Hymns, which at that moment are being played on the radio, immediately evoke thoughts on biblical topics. And although Ada is not the baby Jesus at all, and her parents are not biblical personalities, but a clear analogy cannot be traced.
The authenticity of the miraculous nature of the birth of Ada is confirmed even by the names of her parents, because it is not by chance that they were chosen by the author. However, in the fairy tale there is another allusion with a fairy tale about the story of the girl Dimmalimm and the black swan. Maria, closer to the night, reads the notorious work of Bulgakov “Heart of a Dog”.
The Hell girl in the fairy tale is a cross between an animal and a man, and she will remain at the crossroads forever. Such a constant “non-spoiledness” fascinates and a little frightens, and there is an association with the Other, which can never succumb to acceptance and rebirth.
The most interesting moment of the tale is a purely Icelandic feature of the interaction between man and nature. It is no coincidence that the country has several major freeways, the trajectories of which change so as not to disturb the elves living in their natural habitat. Gradually, nature becomes the main character of the film, which gives both hope and a source of anxiety.
