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Director's Statement
The idea behind the film is based on my acquaintance with rural people and rural culture in general. Both of my parents were raised in the countryside and I was sent there to live and work most summers until I reached the age of 17.
Conflicts between neighbours are very common in the countryside in Iceland. Many Icelanders are very stubborn and independent, they want to stand on their own and distrust everything that comes from abroad. This independent thinking often goes beyond all logic. In the farming world, rams are often said to be the most stubborn of animals.
The title of the film, RAMS, is a metaphor for the two warring brothers. Most farmers I know have a stronger connection to sheep than to other domestic animals. Their main goal in life is to cultivate good stock, win ram competitions, head to mountains to round up sheep and return astoundingly heavy lambs. Loosing the livestock is the worst thing that could happen to them.