Cruelty (2016 film)

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Cruelty
Film poster
IcelandicGrimmd
Directed byAnton Sigurðsson
Screenplay byAnton Sigurðsson
Produced by
  • Anton Sigurðsson
  • Erlingur Jack Guðmundsson
  • Haraldur Bender
  • Arnar Benjamín Kristjánsson
Starring
CinematographyÁrni Filippusson
Edited byÁrni Freyr Haraldsson
Production
company
Virgo Films
Release date
  • 21 October 2016 (2016-10-21) (Iceland)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryIceland
LanguageIcelandic

Cruelty (Icelandic: Grimmd) is a 2016 Icelandic film written and directed by Anton Sigurðsson.[1][2][3][4][5]

In Cruelty, two young sisters from Reykjavík are found murdered, and the two best police detectives try to solve the case.[6]

In 2017, Cruelty was nominated for awards at the Filmfest Hamburg[7] and Santa Barbara International Film Festival.[8] Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir was nominated for Actress of the Year at the Edda Awards.[9]

In 2023, director Anton was found guilty of embezzling ticket sales from the film.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Cruelty". Icelandic Film Centre.
  2. ^ Valgeirsson, Tómas (20 October 2016). "Grafalvarleg en áhrifalaus". vísir.is (in Icelandic).
  3. ^ Olgeirsson, Birgir (10 December 2018). "Fyrirtæki föður leikstjóra Grimmdar keypti 20 þúsund miða á myndina". vísir.is (in Icelandic).
  4. ^ "Grimmd frumsýnd í fullu Smárabíói". kvikmyndir.is (in Icelandic). 18 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Cruelty (2016) aka Grimmd". Kvikmyndapod (Podcast). 1 March 2024.
  6. ^ Crispin, Vanessa (4 June 2017). "Cruelty". Cinema Scandinavia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Grimmd". Filmfest Hamburg.
  8. ^ "32 Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017" (PDF). Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
  9. ^ "Tilnefningar til Eddunar 2017". Edda Awards (in Icelandic). 2 February 2017.
  10. ^ Sæberg, Samúel Karl; Ólason, Árni (6 May 2023). "Leikstjóri Grimmdar dæmdur fyrir umfangsmikinn fjárdrátt". vísir.is (in Icelandic).
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