Godland

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Godland

2022,

2h 23m,

Drama

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In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.

Critics Consensus

Necessarily bleak but shot through with moments of humor, the beautifully filmed Godland serves as a gently absorbing meditation on mortality.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Aug 17, 2023

4.5/5

Like all the best movies, we can’t tell where this is going. When it arrives, the finale is worthy of all that has come before. Nobody makes movies like this any more -- except that some do.

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Whelan Barzey

Time Out

Jul 25, 2023

3/5

You’d be hard pressed to find a more immersive Winter Wonderland experience than Godland.

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Ty Burr

Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack)

Jun 23, 2023

3.5/4

It's an unforgettable movie yet one whose meanings seem to lie just beyond reach, and it marks the arrival of a new filmmaker whose roots tap into something unfathomably old.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Mar 31, 2026

6/10

Despite certain aesthetic virtues found in its Nordic naturalistic atmospheres, its narrative is somewhat flexible and traverses common ground that weakens its discursive synthesis on the contradictions of faith. [Full review in Spanish]

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Leandro Ariel Porcelli

Cinéfilo Serial

Aug 19, 2025

10/10

One of the most poignant films about the human spirit and it's struggles released in the last couple of years. An experience that trascends faith through pain and beauty to focus on humanity's search both for meaning and oblivion. [Full review in Spanish]

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Alejandro Lingenti

La Nación (Argentina)

Aug 14, 2025

3/5

...Godland is a project marked by the challenge of filming in a hostile environment. Hylnur Pálmason has successfully brought this difficulty to the forefront of a story where the setting plays a decisive role. [Full review in Spanish]

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Synopsis

In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.

Director: Hlynur Pálmason
Producer: Katrin Pors, Anton Máni Svansson, Eva Jakobsen, Mikkel Jersin
Screenwriter: Hlynur Pálmason
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Danish
Runtime: 2h 23m

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