Benedikt Erlingsson's directorial debut depicts incredible tales of equine services to humanity. Photo / Supplied
Whanganui Film Society's final screening for the year is Benedikt Erlingsson's 2013 film Of Horses and Men (Hross í oss)
In a rugged valley in Iceland, people and horses have lived together for centuries. This collection of tales tall and true explores their curious, complicated bonds.
A comedy as pungent
as farmyard air, Of Horses and Men regales us with incredible tales of equine services to humanity, and, like any bar-room raconteur, insists they are all absolutely true.
While applying a wry detachment to the all-too-credible fiascos of humanity to which horses are called on to contribute, director Benedikt Erlingsson exercises a fine eye for equine magnificence and delivers sequences of joyous, racing, wild horse glory.
"The film was Benedikt Erlingsson's debut and scooped six awards at Iceland's Edda Awards - including Best Film and Best Director - and was nominated for another eight, and was Iceland's submission for the Foreign Language Oscars," says film society president Helen Marie O'Connell.
