A delicious mix of Christian, pagan, and Icelandic mythology topped with a familiar A24 glaze of unsettling stillness and visual vibrancy, “Lamb” offers challenges in equal proportion to its rewards. A layered text that unpacks itself like a Russian nesting doll of human folly, the film showcases minimalist subtlety that deploys its pieces with exacting precision. Intriguing, suspenseful, occasionally hilarious, and perpetually engaging, “Lamb” exists in a space unencumbered by genre and unconcerned with expectation.

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The Cannes Film Festival is only about two weeks old now, and one of the highlights, it seems, was “Lamb,” a dark, atmospheric, eerie-looking folktale from first-time Iceland director Valdimar Jóhannsson. Starring Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, depending on who you ask and “Lamb” is a supernatural drama, a biblical film, a low-key horror or something else. One thing’s for sure; it looks cold and chilly based on previous teasers.

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