Mending Fences: Animosity and Adaptation in Jeremy Sims' 'Rams'

A tale of estranged brothers forced to unite when their flocks are threatened by a deadly illness, Jeremy Sims' thawed-out version of the Icelandic film of the same name exchanges blizzard for bushfire and dourness for moments of levity. If the result is a loss of some of the original's poetry, the Australian iteration is nonetheless well served by its shift towards audience-friendliness, writes Barnaby Smith.

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Michael Caton, Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Wayne Blair, Asher Keddie, Grímur Hákonarson, Johne's disease, sheep, livestock, Mount Barker, Albany