Metalhead (film)
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| Directed by | Ragnar Bragason |
| Written by | Ragnar Bragason |
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| Cinematography | August Jakobsson |
| Edited by | Valdís Óskarsdóttir |
| Music by | Pétur Ben |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Iceland |
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Metalhead (Icelandic: Málmhaus) is a 2013 Icelandic drama film written and directed by Ragnar Bragason. Starring Thora Bjorg Helga, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, and Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, the film follows Hera Karlsdóttir (Helga), an aspiring black metal musician who returns to her family farm as she and her estranged parents struggle coming to terms with the death of her older brother Baldur in a tractor accident nine years prior.
Metalhead premiered in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2013, and was theatrically released in Iceland on 11 October 2013.