''Cruelty'' () is a 2016 Icelandic film written and directed by Anton Sigurðsson. In ''Cruelty'', two young sisters from

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are found murdered, and the two best police detectives try to solve the case. In 2017, ''Cruelty'' was nominated for awards at the

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and

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. Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir was nominated for Actress of the Year at the

Edda Awards The Edda Award is an accolade bestowed annually by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy, and is the most prominent film and television award in Iceland, awarded annually in February. The ''Edda'' has awarded for outstanding work in various cat ...

. In 2023, director was found guilty of embezzling ticket sales from the film.

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Cruelty
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* 2010s Icelandic-language films 2016 films {{Iceland-film-stub