Of Horses and Men (2013)
A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with terrible consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.
Top billed cast
Ingvar E. SigurðssonKolbeinn
Charlotte BøvingSolveig
Steinn Ármann MagnússonVernhardur
Kristbjörg KjeldHildur
Helgi BjörnssonEgill- Kjartan RagnarssonGrimur
- Sigríður María EgilsdóttirJóhanna
Juan Camillo Roman EstradaJuan Camillo- Johann Pall OddsonJon
Halldóra GeirharðsdóttirÁsa
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