WOMAN AT WAR

One of the year’s most original films, Woman at War introduces us to Halla, an independent fifty-year-old woman who seems to lead a quiet life as a choir director. However, she’s also secretly an eco-warrior, known as “The Woman of the Mountain,” determined to bring down the aluminum industry in her native Iceland. When her application to adopt a child from the Ukraine is suddenly approved, the claims of a complicated life require bold decisions. Woman at War is by turns thoughtful, funny, bold, even profound. And Halla is a heroine for our times.  

101 minutes. In Icelandic with English subtitles.