Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
Of Horses and Men is often sprightly, and almost every shot is an eyeful.
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Iceland, Germany, Norway · 2013
1h 25m
Director Benedikt Erlingsson
Starring Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Charlotte Bøving, Steinn Ármann Magnússon, Kristbjörg Kjeld
Genre Drama, Romance, Comedy
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Set in the beautiful lands of Iceland, this witty story weaves together vignettes of flawed humans --- and their trustworthy steeds. Through the horses' perception, we see human stories of companionship, stories of misfortune, stories of love, and, most significantly, stories of man and horse.
Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
Of Horses and Men is often sprightly, and almost every shot is an eyeful.
Erlingsson has delivered an attractive slice of Icelandic oddness that confirms many of the cliches about that country’s offbeat outlook, but in a good way.
The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold
Mr. Erlingsson’s upbeat outlook suggests that generations of horses and men have coexisted and will continue to do so for centuries more.
Slant Magazine by R. Kurt Osenlund
On one hand, the film is surely a celebration of a land's distinct creatures and the people who live among them, but on the other, it's a culture's biting auto-critique.
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