Of Horses and Men

Of Horses and Men (Hross í oss, 2013) is an Icelandic dark comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Director Benedikt Erlingsson's debut feature unfolds as a set of deadpan rural vignettes from a remote Icelandic valley, where the lives of the locals and their horses are bound together in ways both tender and absurd.

A jealous stallion ignites a neighbourhood feud. A Russian sailor with no taste for vodka solves a transportation problem no one asked him to solve. An old man and an old horse share the same quiet longing for rest. Shot against Iceland's vast, indifferent landscape, the film finds dry comedy in the ordinary cycle of love and death — all without a hint of sentiment.

Lead actor Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson anchors one of the key episodes. The film earned Iceland's Oscar submission and took the Nordic Film Prize. Stream Of Horses and Men (2013) online on iFILM.