In a remote valley in Iceland, where neighbours follow each other closely and people have deeply intertwined relationships with their horses, a couple’s first official visit is keenly monitored. Spring is coming and, with it, the dangerous force of nature. This cannot end well.

This sparkling debut from Benedikt Erlingsson was Iceland’s submission for the 86th Academy Awards®. Deftly balancing darkness and light through a series of weird, mysterious, and humorous interwoven vignettes, it explores the pleasures and perils of rural life and man’s relationship to nature.