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CHILDREN
Karitas is a single mother of four who desperately tries to make ends meet. Fighting a losing battle with her ex-husband for custody over her three daughters, she's oblivious to what's going on with her twelve year old son Gudmund, a victim of brutal bullying at school and whose life is on the fast track to destruction. Gudmund's only friend in the world is Marinó, a schizophrenic in his forties, who lives with his mother in the same apartment building. When Marinó realizes that his mother has secretly been dating a stranger, Marino starts to lose grip on reality. Gardar is an underworld enforcer who makes a mess at work and as a result his twin brother Georg is beaten up. Exiled both from the underworld and his family, Gardar has to make a fresh start in life. He decided to seek out his family, Gardar has to make a fresh start in life. He decided to seek out his son Gudmund whom he has never seen but the straight and narrow is a though path to follow.
Audio/Hljóð: Íslenska/Icelandic, Þýska/German
Subtitles/Texti: Íslenska/Icelandic, Enska/English, Spænska/Spanish, Danska/Danish
Run time: 93 min
Overview
User Rating:8.0/10 IMDB
Director:Ragnar Bragason
Writers:Ragnar Bragason (writer)
Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir (writer)
Release Date:9 September 2006 (Iceland)
Genre: Drama
Cast:
Gísli Örn Garðarsson ... Garðar / Georg
Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir ... Karítas
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson ... Marinó
Andri Snær Magnasson
Hanna María Karlsdóttir
Erlendur Eiríksson
Andri Snær Helgason ... Guðmund
Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir
Sigurður Skúlason
PARENTS
The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar is not a happy man. His wants a baby of his own flesh and blood but it's not working out. When he finds out that his wife has been deceiving him all these years he decides it's time for a change. Einar is a stockbroker who is very successful at work but not in his personal life. For the last couple of months Einar has been living at a hotel waiting for his wife to realize the terrible mistake she made by throwing him out. Katrin Rose returns from Sweden where she has lived for eight years. In Iceland Katrin has an eleven-year-old son, brought up by his grandmother and now Katrin wants him back. Katrin gets a job as a dentist's assistant intending to make a fresh start but her troubled past catches up with her.
PARENTS is the independent second part of twin features by Ragnar Bragason and Vesturport exploring the roles of children and parents. The first part, CHILDREN
Audio: Icelandic, German Subtitles: Icelandic, English, Spanish, Danish
Time: 93 min
Director: Ragnar Bragason
Writers:Ragnar Bragason (writer) and Víkingur Kristjánsson (writer)
Cast:
Edda Arnljótsdóttir ... Mother
Reine Brynolfsson ... Johann
Dögg Filippusdóttir ... Nurse
Brian Fitzgibbon ... John
Gísli Örn Garðarsson ... Gardar
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson ... Addi
Gunnar Hansson ... Bjarni
Jóna Guðrún Jónsdóttir ... Erna
Víkingur Kristjánsson ... Einar Birgir
Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir ... Katrin Rós
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson ... Marino
Petur Rognvaldsson ... Baldur
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson ... Óskar
Sveinn Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir ... Halla
Lilja Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir ... Katrin Eldri
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