Anya Taylor-Joy and Alexander Skarsgård star in “Man from the North”: all the details of the film before the premiere

The new film by Robert Eggers, director of the fascinating The Vitch and The Lighthouse, has already had its long-awaited world premiere avant and the first reactions of the film speak of a story of revenge full of blood, the director's most accessible film and which is full of good performances. And they all agree that it is an excellent work. They even called it “unbeatable”.

The truth is that The Northman (its original name), is based on the popular Scandinavian tale that inspired Shakespeare's Hamlet. Eggers obtained a budget of $90 million to present a story in which once again magic and the wildest side of man are released. In her first official preview, she already shows all her letters, including the return of Anya Taylor-Joy to work with the director who catapulted her career.

The Northman follows the story of Amleth, a Viking prince who will seek revenge after the murder of his father. Alexander Skarsgård is the protagonist of the film and leads the most striking images of the teaser, but they also talk about his acting being addictive and visceral. It is co-written with the Icelandic poet and novelist Sjón Sigurdsson, author of the work that serves as the base material.

The Focus Features film also features performances by Anya Taylor-Joy on her return to work with Eggers after the success of The Witch. In addition, it has a great cast that accompanies the leading duo: Ethan Hawke, with a great year ahead, will be King Horwendil; Nicole Kidman as Queen Gudrun; Willem Dafoe as Heimir the Fool and Björk's outstanding participation as Seeress.

The film has as its theme the epic and viking revenge. It is a story of violence and brutality, also of more carnal relationships and there is a phrase that the protagonist has recorded and that repeats to the point of exhaustion that works as a preview of what awaits the spectators: “I will avenge you, Father. I'll save you, Mother. I'll kill you, Fjölnir.”

Man from the North is a revenge thriller that has at the center of the main plot the suicide mission of a Viking wanderer who seeks to avenge his father in 10th century Iceland with a great period construction as seen in the advances, and the photograph by Jarin Blaschke, a regular collaborator of Mr. Eggers.

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