Woman at War Kona fer í stríð

Benedikt Erlingsson / Iceland, France, Ukraine / 2018 / 101 min / Icelandic, Spanish, English, Ukrainian

Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes of her quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist, secretly waging a one-woman war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect her beloved Icelandic Highlands.

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Award winner at last year's Ljubljana international film festival (LIFFe).

"Is there anything rarer than an intelligent feel-good film that knows how to tackle urgent global issues with humor as well as a satisfying sense of justice? Look no further than Woman at War."
- Variety.

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