Birta Maria Gunnarsdottir

Godland est une histoire d’ambition, de religion, de famille et de revanche, se déroulant à la fin du XIXe siècle. Elle se concentre sur un jeune prêtre danois arrivé en Islande avec pour mission de faire construire une église et de photographier la population au milieu des paysages inhospitaliers. Tandis qu’il s’acquitte de son devoir, une improbable histoire d’amour se développe en même temps qu’un violent conflit, livrant le prêtre aux affres de la tentation et du péché.

Two brothers disagree about their mother heritage. The older brother has a lot of children but no money, he is living in his mothers house in a small sea village with his wife and four children. The younger brother has no children but a lot of money. He is living in the city with his unsatisfied wife who desparetly wants a child but cannot. When the older brother wife unexpectly gets pregnant it appears like the perfect solution. The younger brother brings the older one a proposal to adopt the unborn child but instead the older brother can keep the heritage. The older brother and his wife accepts the proposal. When their youngest daughter discovers this she gets very disappointed and makes an effort to destroy the agreement. Soon she finds out that she is not alone in her actions, her newly dead grandmother is still around, ready to help her.