Cruelty (2016 film)

2016 Icelandic film

Cruelty

Film poster

Icelandic| Grimmd
Directed by| Anton Sigurðsson
Screenplay by| Anton Sigurðsson
Produced by|

* Anton Sigurðsson
* Erlingur Jack Guðmundsson
* Haraldur Bender
* Arnar Benjamín Kristjánsson

Starring|

* Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
* Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson

Cinematography| Árni Filippusson
Edited by| Árni Freyr Haraldsson

Production
company

Virgo Films

Release date

* 21 October 2016 (2016-10-21) (Iceland)

Running time

| 104 minutes
Country| Iceland
Language| Icelandic

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).

## External links

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* Cruelty at the Icelandic Film Centre
* Cruelty at IMDb

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