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Lamb
MEANRANK
64/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3373
- IMDb #4002
- Google retired #3665
- Metacritic #2265
- Letterboxd #3598
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1440
+6 more
- Metacritic Critics #1640
- Metacritic Audience #3394
- Douban #2525
- Kinopoisk #4445
- AlloCiné #3671
- Trakt #4562
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 86. Critics average 77, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A childless couple living on a remote Icelandic farm discover a mysterious newborn on their land. They make the startling decision to raise the unusual child as their own, a choice that brings them immense joy but also disrupts the natural order, inviting unforeseen consequences.
Details
- Director
- Valdimar Jóhannsson
- Writers
- Sjón, Valdimar Jóhannsson
- Studio
- Go to Sheep, Film i Väst, Chimney Sweden, Chimney Poland
- Released
- 12 August 2021
- Country
- Iceland, Poland, Sweden
- Language
- Icelandic
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $3.2M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 0 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →2 major awards won · 9 wins from 9 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| 2021 Cannes Film Festival 2021 | Un Certain Regard Prize of Originality | Lamb | Winner |
| 2021 Cannes Film Festival 2021 | Palm Dog Award – Grand Jury Prize | Panda (sheepdog) | Winner |
| Edda Awards 2022 2022 | Director of the Year | Valdimar Jóhannsson | Winner |
| Edda Awards 2022 2022 | Film of the Year | Lamb | Winner |
| Edda Awards 2022 2022 | Screenplay of the Year | Valdimar Jóhannsson, Sjón | Winner |
| Edda Awards 2022 2022 | Supporting Actor of the Year | Björn Hlynur Haraldsson | Winner |
| Nordic Council Film Prize 2021 | Best Film | Valdimar Jóhannsson, Sjón, Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Sara Nassim | Winner |
| Sitges Film Festival 2021 | Best Actress | Noomi Rapace | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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×| Palm Dog Award – Grand Jury Prize | Panda (sheepdog) | Winner |
| Un Certain Regard Prize of Originality | Lamb | Winner |
| Director of the Year | Valdimar Jóhannsson | Winner |
| Film of the Year | Lamb | Winner |
| Screenplay of the Year | Valdimar Jóhannsson, Sjón | Winner |
| Supporting Actor of the Year | Björn Hlynur Haraldsson | Winner |
| Best Actress | Noomi Rapace | Winner |
| Best Film | Lamb | Winner |
| Best Film | Valdimar Jóhannsson, Sjón, Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Sara Nassim | Winner |