2019 TIFF Movie Review: THE COUNTY (Iceland/Denmark/Germany/France 2019)

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A widowed farmer begins a new life on her own terms by fighting against corruption and injustice in her community.

Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson whose best known film the 2015 RAMS that won the top prize at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section returns with a female protagonist film.  An Icelandic woman takes on the corruption of her local co-op and the outdated, exploitative system that supports it.  Inga (Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir) has always questioned the slavish devotion of her husband, Reynir (Hinrik Ólafsson), to the co-op, even as the co-op’s debt has spiralled out of control and their prices remain much higher than those of their competition.

When disaster strikes, Inga decides to openly take action against the co-op via social media. As her campaign progresses, she soon finds out just how…

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