Woman at War

Name: Woman at War
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: March 1, 2019
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Charlotte Bøving, Gunnar Bersi Björnsson, Halldór Halldórsson, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Haraldur Stefansson

2019

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: March 1, 2019

Starring: Charlotte Bøving, Gunnar Bersi Björnsson, Halldór Halldórsson, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Haraldur Stefansson, Helga Braga Jónsdóttir, Iryna Danyleiko, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, Olena Lavrenyuk, Saga Garðarsdóttir, Solveig Arnaldsdottir, Sólveig Arnarsdóttir, Vala Kristin Eiriksdottir

Summary: 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 toHalla 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.… Expand

Director: Benedikt Erlingsson

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 101 min

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14	#14 Best Movie of 2019

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Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan

Feb 28, 2019

With a masterful melding of the serious, the comic, the ridiculous and the musical, Woman at War is joyful to experience though difficult to sum up. Read full review

The New York Times - Jeannette Catsoulis

Feb 28, 2019

Approaching weighty themes with a very light touch, Benedikt Erlingsson’s Woman at War is an environmental drama wrapped in whimsical comedy and tied with a bow of midlife soul-searching. Read full review

RogerEbert.com - Tomris Laffly

Mar 1, 2019

A thoughtful and dynamic blend of genres, Benedikt Erlingsson’s contemporary environmental fable Woman At War continually thrills with a side of laughs. Read full review

Screen International - Wendy Ide

May 18, 2018

Carried by a magnetic performance from Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir in a dual role (she plays both Halla and her identical twin sister Asa), Benedikt Erlingsson’s enjoyable follow up to Of Horses And Men is elevated by wryly idiosyncratic flourishes in its execution. Read full review

Original-Cin - Jim Slotek

Mar 12, 2019

Though the quirk is ladled on a little thick at times, Woman at War is a surprisingly crowd-pleasing film experience considering its subject matter. In style, Erlingsson evokes the playfulness of Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki, and it seems impossible to film anything in Iceland without being hypnotized by the landscape. Read full review

Washington Post - Ann Hornaday

Mar 6, 2019

A movie as intensely subjective as Woman at War had better have an actress deserving of unwavering attention, and Erlingsson has found her in Geirharosdottir, who proves to be supremely at ease with both the physical demands of the film and its trickier internal journeys (not to mention a neat bit of visual legerdemain). Read full review

The Guardian - Peter Bradshaw

May 18, 2018

It is an attractive and sympathetic performance from Geirharðsdóttir as Halla. Read full review

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