An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.
Lamb is a 2021 folk horror film directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sjón. It marks Valdimar's feature-length directorial debut and stars Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snær Guðnason as a couple who adopt a mysterious human-sheep hybrid as their own.
