LA MUJER DE LA MONTAÑA
At fifty years old, Halla, a singing teacher, declares war on the local aluminium industry, which is polluting her country. To do so, she takes all kinds of risks in order to protect the environment in Iceland. But her situation could change with the unexpected arrival of a letter that finally gives the green light to her adoption procedures for a girl.
DIRECTOR Benedikt Erlingsson SCREENPLAY Benedikt Erlingsson & Ólafur Egill Egilsson PRODUCERS Marianne Slot, Benedikt Erlingsson, Carine Leblanc PRODUCTION COMPANY Slot Machine & Gulldrengurinn CINEMATOGRAPHY Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson EDITING Davíð Alexsander Corno MUSIC Davíð Þór Jónsson SOUND François De Morant, Raphaël Sohier, Vincent Cosson, Aymerick Devoldère CAST Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Festival de Sevilla – Premio del público
SEMINCI – Premio a Mejor Actriz
Tromsø International Film Festival – Premio a Mejor Película
Cairo International Film Festival
Semaine de la Critique Cannes – Prix SACD
Lux Film Prize – Selección Oficial
Liubliana IFF – Mejor Película
OUFF – Premio Carlos Velo a Mejor Dirección
Premios Oscar – Candidata por Islandia
Hamburg Film Festival – Best Feature
Montréal Festival of New Cinema – Mejor Actriz
Ukrainian Film Academy Awards – Mejor Canción
Benedikt Erlingsson
Icelandic director, screenwriter and actor. Erlingsson is known as a theatre director, as well as for his roles in theatre, television series and films. His monologues are some of the most successful in the history of Icelandic theatre. “Of Horses and Men”, Erlingsson’s first feature film as a screenwriter and director, won more than 20 international awards, including the New Directors Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2013.
