Petite Maman and Lamb on Blu-ray and DVD [read more]
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PETITE MAMAN FROM 21 MARCH 2022
Directed by Céline Sciamma
LAMB FROM 28 MARCH 2022
Directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson
Recently nominated for a BAFTA for Film Not In The English Language, Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) presents an entrancing look at the delicate connection between mother and daughter in Petite Maman. A favourite of the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, this beautifully understated drama returns the director to her preoccupation with coming-of-age stories to typically masterful effect.
The film tells the story of eight-year-old Nelly’s fantastical journey after the death of her beloved grandmother. While helping her mother clear out her childhood home, Nelly begins to explore the surrounding woodland and encounters a strangely familiar girl her own age. Instantly forming a connection with this mysterious new friend, Nelly embarks on a formative flight of fancy that encourages her to come to terms with this newfound loss.
Featuring exceptional central performances from real-life twins Joséphine and Gabrielle Sanz, Sciamma's warm and gently profound new film mixes the intimate with the fantastical with her characteristically delicate touch, weaved together into a tale of childhood, memory and loss that will resonate with audiences young and old.
Valdimar Jóhannsson's Lamb premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2021 and won the Prize of Originality. This darkly compelling fable tells the story of a couple, María (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snaer Gudnason) on a remote farm in rural Iceland, who find their quiet existence shaken by the astonishing discovery of a mysterious newborn amongst their sheep. They decide to raise the child as their own, but soon face the consequences of defying the will of nature. An audacious, genre-defying mix of horror and folklore, Lamb is truly like nothing you have ever seen before.
Lamb was co-written by Jo´hannsson and Academy Award®-nominated writer Sjón, frequent collaborator of Björk and co-writer of Robert Eggers upcoming film, The Northman. Lamb stars Noomi Rapace (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Prometheus) and Hilmir Snaer Gudnason (Woman at War, A White, White Day).
