Godland

Released Feb 3, 2023

2 hr. 23 min.

Drama

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In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.

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Necessarily bleak but shot through with moments of humor, the beautifully filmed Godland serves as a gently absorbing meditation on mortality.

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Grant H

If you like overly long, lingering shots of desolate Icelandic countryside then this is the film for you. It's bleak, joyless and could have been pared back from its 2 hour 20 minute length. Tough going.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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JR C

Another tragic tale set in a sleepy, picturesque village—I am all for it. Some will find its pace too slow and quiet but I drifted with it, frame by frame, one stir at a time. Let the contexts on colonialism do the clamor through Elliott Crosset Hove's performance. And Maira von Hausswolff - The Academy may have snubbed you but not me. Your work, especially in Godland, blew me away and right off the hills of Iceland. The framing and the beauty in every still shot and panning. You put the godland in Godland. Just beautiful.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/29/24

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Audience Member

Stunning film worth watching

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Audience Member

truly a masterful piece of filmmaking, that is very much recommended for any lover of film, and one of the best films of the year to be sure!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Audience Member

This one is the real thing. Don't miss it. It's as close to a masterpiece as we're likely to get this year.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Audience Member

I was drawn in, entertained, and informed.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/16/24

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Hlynur Pálmason

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Elliott Crosset Hove

Lucas

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson

Ragnar

Vic Carmen Sonne

Anna

Jacob Lohmann

Carl

Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir

Ida

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Like all the best movies, we can’t tell where this is going. When it arrives, the finale is worthy of all that has come before. Nobody makes movies like this any more -- except that some do.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 17, 2023

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Whelan Barzey

Time Out

You’d be hard pressed to find a more immersive Winter Wonderland experience than Godland.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 25, 2023

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Ty Burr

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It's an unforgettable movie yet one whose meanings seem to lie just beyond reach, and it marks the arrival of a new filmmaker whose roots tap into something unfathomably old.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 23, 2023

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Kristian M. Lin

Fort Worth Weekly

Hove portrays the priest who loses his faith from the isolation and his inability to communicate with the locals. The landscape and Maria von Hausswolff's cinematography bring those qualities home.

Mar 18, 2024

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

[A transfixing] meditation on the lingering impact of colonialism on the people of Iceland.

Feb 13, 2024

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Jason Blake

Limelight

Set in the harsh climes of 19th-century Iceland, writer-director Hlynur Pálmason’s Godland is a flinty yet majestic drama of colonial arrogance, faith, human frailty and photography.

Rated: 5/5

Dec 8, 2023

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Synopsis

In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.

Director: Hlynur Pálmason
Screenwriter: Hlynur Pálmason, Hlynur Pálmason
Distributor: Janus Films
Production Co: Snowglobe, Join Motion Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Danish
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 3, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $60.1K

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