Héraðið

It really annoys me when a film is described as a comedy and then you watch it and its quite clearly not. You can't even call this a black comedy because there is nothing remotely funny about the film but that doesn't mean it's a bad.

It's the story of Inga , who runs a deeply indebted dairy farm in a remote valley in Iceland. After a tragic loss, she decides to rise up against the corrupt establishment exploiting her and the local community. This way the widowed farmer begins a new life on her own terms by fighting against corruption and injustice in her community.

If this was made in another country like The UK or The US , it would have had humour inserted and would probably had a shmaltzy ending. Obviously that's not what's done in Iceland .

This is more of a social statement about how small farms are bullied by big corporations and how one woman stood up to that . I enjoyed watching the fight against the Co op and the way the farmers rallied around but without giving anything away , the fight ends up being fruitless which gives us a strange , flat ending.

Overall i was sold a different film from what i got but it was still very watchable .