Actress Nicole Kidman smiles as she attends a news conference.
Years later, Amleth, disguised as a slave, travels to Iceland where his uncle and mother, Queen Gudrun now live with their new family, to avenge his father’s murder and to rescue his mother. Along the way, he meets a mysterious woman, Olga , with whom he forms the first real human connection since his childhood.
The film came about from an introduction of the two writers, Eggers and Sjon, by Icelandic singer Bjork. Eggers was then approached by Alexander Skarsgard, who wanted to make a movie about Vikings. His director, Eggers, said “I mean, it’s very relieving to have good reviews but of course, it’s humbling to feel understood because, you know, you’re putting yourself out there when you make a movie that you’ve co-written and directed. It comes from me, you know. It doesn’t come from anywhere else.”