Agnes
- Year
- 1995
- Type
- Film
- Role
- Agnes
- Director
- Egill Eðvarðsson
A film based on the true story of Agnes, a farm servant who in 1830 kills her unfaithful lover, Natan Ketilsson, and pays for it with her own life on the executioner’s block. María played the title role.
María was named best actress at the Schermi d’Amore film festival in Verona, Italy, for her performance. The jury praised her “brilliant, honest, poised and precise acting” (Morgunblaðið).
Awards
- Best Actress, Schermi d’Amore Film Festival, Verona, Italy
Reviews
„The film is a reminder of a period when powerful men were easily able to crush and even eliminate a woman who tried to stand up for herself, and the tragedy of Agnes is that she refuses to accept her fate without a struggle. Ellingsen gives an effective performance as the feisty, hedonistic and ultimately doomed heroine.“