The County

Defiant farmer’s wife invites the monopolistic milk mafia to a showdown in Gimur Hákonarson’s swaying David-and-Goliath tale set among cow dung and milking robots.

When Inga’s husband suddenly dies in a truck accident, she is left alone with a milk farm and enormous debt to the monopolistic agricultural cooperative. But instead of wallowig in sorrow, Inga opts for rage and takes up the fight against injustices and mafia methods in the Icelandic countryside. The festival favorite Grímur Hákonarson’s (Rams, GFF 2016; Little Moscow, GFF 2019) return to the comedy genre is a visually dizzying party for everyone who loves Icelandic landscapes, and is also spiked with a wonderful soundtrack with Icelandic pop hits from the nineties.

Short film: Park, dir: Vanja Sandell-Billström, Lucia Pagano. (only screening 457, Mon Jan 27).

• Olle Agebro