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Woman at War

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2018

Benedikt Erlingsson

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camilo Roman Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson ...

6.8

3,658

Drama Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect the pristine Icelandic Highlands she loves… Until an orphan unexpectedly enters her life.

	Media	Author	Review
		Jay Weissberg Variety	"An intelligent feel-good film that knows how to tackle urgent global issues with humor as well as a satisfying sense of justice"
		Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Offbeat, poignant and visually exquisite (...) Skillfully crafted"
		Steve Pond The Wrap	"Erlingsson has a fabulous eye and a taste for deadpan absurdity (...) A beautiful hoot."
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"The package is lumpy at times, but not unwieldy, thanks to an engaging central performance and a cinematographer, Bergsteinn Bjorgulfsson, whose sweeping shots (...) wash the screen — and our minds — of extraneous distractions."
		Matt Fagerholm rogerebert.com	"The film’s lyrical final shot comes as close to encapsulating mankind’s current self-imposed predicament as any I’ve seen in 2018."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There is a very good performance from Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (...) Erlingsson shows a great flair for ideas, scenes, tableaux (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Carried by a magnetic performance from Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (...) Enjoyable (...) [It] is elevated by wryly idiosyncratic flourishes in its execution."
		Fabien Lemercier Cineuropa	"Erlingsson proves his potential yet again with a joyful, inventive, energetic, environmental and feminist second feature film (...) A very entertaining package"

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