In the Shadow of the Raven
Seen it?1988 | 124 min | Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at anyone who likes watching someone settle a score and people who like stories about real, flawed people. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning. Same wavelength as The Punisher: One Last Kill.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- Quiet, then quietly devastating, at 2 hr 4 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
Trausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isold and Trausti are attracted to each other, but Isold was promised to Hjoerleifur - the son of the Bishop (of Iceland) and his powerful wife. However, Isold has a plan...
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsWeak
0 wins and 3 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
- Reine BrynolfssonTrausti
- Tinna GunnlaugsdóttirIsold
- Egill ÓlafssonHjoerleifur
- Sune MangsBishop
- Kristbjörg KjeldSigrid
- Helgi SkúlasonGrim
- Johann NeumannLeonardo
- Sigurður SigurjónssonEgill
- Sveinn M. EiðssonKetill
- Flosi ÓlafssonErikur