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No Such Thing (film)
No Such Thing (previously titled Monster, Icelandic: Skrímsli) is a 2001 supernaturaldrama film directed by Hal Hartley. It tells the story of Beatrice (Sarah Polley), a journalist whose fiancé is killed by a monster in Iceland. The story is based very loosely on the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the May 2001 Cannes Film Festival.