ÞRESTIR
SPARROWS
Rúnar Rúnarsson / Croatia (Hrvatska), Denmark, Iceland / 2015 / 99 min / Colour
When his mother decides to depart for a mission in Uganda with her new companion, Ari is forced to move from Reykjavik to the desolate, remote town of his birth, and the home of his father. Nothing is as he remembered it: his childhood friends don't recognise him and his father spends his days drinking and carousing with friends. Everything, starting from the summer Icelandic sun that never goes below the horizon line, gives the idea of a suspended, oppressive situation. Ari rebels and experiments with extreme behaviour, ready to face with courage the changes and consequences, even tragic, that this entails.
Rúnar Rúnarsson
An award-winning Icelandic director born in Reykjavík in 1977 and educated at the National Film School of Denmark, he has taken his work to the most prestigious international festivals, including the Festival de Cannes. Amongst his most acclaimed films are Volcano (2011) and The Last Farm (2004), for which he recevied an Oscar nomination.
Credits
Subject Rúnar RúnarssonCinematography Sopihia OlssonSound Gunnar OskarssonEditing Jacob Sechen SchulsingerMusic Kjartan SveinssonMain cast Atli Óskar Fjalarsson, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir, Rade Šerbedžija, Valgeir Hrafn SkagfjörðProducer Mikkel Jersin, Rúnar RúnarssonProduction company Nimbus Film
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