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Woman at War
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MFF Cannes
International Critics\' Week
2018
Filmová cena LUX
Best Film
2018
Edda Awards, Island
Best Film, Director of the Year, Actress of the Year, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Set Design, Best Music
2019
Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers.
Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain,” Halla secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminum industry. As Halla’s actions grow bolder, from petty vandalism to outright industrial sabotage, she succeeds in pausing the negotiations between the Icelandic government and the corporation building a new aluminum smelter. But right as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that changes everything. Her application to adopt a child has finally been accepted and there is a little girl waiting for her in Ukraine. As Halla prepares to abandon her role as saboteur and savior of the Highlands to fulfill her dream of becoming a mother, she decides to plot one final attack to deal the aluminum industry a crippling blow.
Directed by
Benedikt Erlingsson
Written by
Benedikt Erlingsson
Edited by
Benedikt Erlingsson, Ólafur Egilsson
Cinematography
Davíð Alexander Corno
Sound by
Davíð Þór Jónsson
Starring
Halldóra Geirhar?sdóttir, Jóhann Sigur?arson
Original title
Kona fer í stríð
English title
Woman at War
Year
2018
Country
France, Iceland, Ukraine
Language
IS, EN, UK
Subtitles
CZ
Running time
97 min
Genre
Action, Drama, Comedy, Educational
Age rating
15+


15+
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Media reception

The Hollywood Reporter
\"Offbeat, poignant and visually exquisite.“
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Variety
\"Is there anything rarer than an intelligent feel-good film that knows how to tackle urgent global issues with humor?“
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