UNION OF THE NORTH

In this art movie full of disturbing brutality, the celebration of the marriage will be grandiose. The Sumerian goddess of creation Nammu is now a waitress at a Dunkin' Donuts in a shopping centre in Reykjavík, getting ready to celebrate the sacred union of two lovers. Written by Matthew Barney and directed by the choreographer Erna Ómarsdóttir and the musician Valdimar Jóhannsson, Union of the is radically removed from the Icelandic cliché of the great outdoors, embracing an air-conditioned, consumerist modernity and unfolds at times like a majestic opera, at times like a strident reality TV show.