The county
(DVD) 

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Published
[Portland, Ore.] : Collective Eye Films, 2022.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 
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Published
[Portland, Ore.] : Collective Eye Films, 2022.
Language
ice
UPC
702338048661

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Creation/Production Credits
Director, Grimur Hakonarson.
Participants/Performers
Arndis Hronn Egilsdottir, Sveinn Olafur Gunnarsson.
Description
After the global success of his Un Certain Regard winner Rams, director Grímur Hákonarson returns to his native Iceland with another humanist farmland fable. Bitterly funny and deeply affecting, the film plays out a timely political allegory against a jaw-dropping natural landscape, aided by a brainy, tenacious anti-heroine and Hákonarson's dry Nordic humor. When we first meet Inga, she is mid-wifing a calf, in the middle of another back-breaking day on the small, nearly bankrupt dairy farm she shares with her husband, Reynir. She is one of many hard-working farmers in her region who work under a bureaucratic co-operative that, having fallen out of the control of its farmers, operates as a monopoly, pushing her and her community deep into debt. After Reynir's sudden and suspicious death, Inga learns the true extent of both her powerlessness and her late husband's involvement with the co-op's schemings. With an eye to the future, and with no other option, she aims to chip away at the co-op's domination. Before long, the grieving Inga's public stance makes her a pariah, setting up The County's brilliant, oddly funny, and deeply involving tightrope walk: Inga must cautiously bring her community over to her side, risking her safety and sanity along the way. Egilsdóttir's Inga is an altogether unforgettable character, committed to the thankless task of ruining her life to rescue her community. Her harebrained stunts will either dismantle the local milk mafia or get her locked up, and Egilsdóttir's singular presence brings compassion and integrity to Inga's cockeyed fury.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD-R.
System Details
This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "Play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices including recorders and PC drives.
Language
Icelandic audio; English subtitles.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Grímur Hákonarson., Egilsdottir, A. H., & Gunnarsson, S. O. (2022). The county . Collective Eye Films.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Grímur Hákonarson, 1977-, Arndis Hronn, Egilsdottir and Sveinn Olafur, Gunnarsson. 2022. The County. Collective Eye Films.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Grímur Hákonarson, 1977-, Arndis Hronn, Egilsdottir and Sveinn Olafur, Gunnarsson. The County Collective Eye Films, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Grímur Hákonarson, Arndis Hronn Egilsdottir, and Sveinn Olafur Gunnarsson. The County Collective Eye Films, 2022.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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