METALHEAD

Acclaimed Icelandic filmmaker Ragnar Bragason (Children, Parents) directs this darkly comic drama about a grief-stricken young woman who adopts the persona — and decibel-blasting predilections — of her deceased brother.

A sincere examination of a long-misunderstood musical subculture, this subversive coming-of-age tale charts the remedial effects of Black Metal on its grief-stricken young protagonist. Sometimes the only cure for a dark night of the soul is a dance-off to Megadeth’s “Symphony of Destruction.”