| Children of Nature | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Friðrik Þór Friðriksson |
| Written by | Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Einar Már Guðmundsson |
| Produced by | Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Vilhjálmur Ragnarsson |
| Starring | Gísli Halldórsson Sigríður Hagalín Baldvin Halldórsson Björn Karlsson |
| Cinematography | Ari Kristinsson |
| Edited by | Skafti Gudmundsson |
| Music by | Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Iceland |
| Languages | Icelandic English |
Children of Nature (Icelandic: Börn náttúrunnar) is a 1991 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson.[1] It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 64th Academy Awards, the only Icelandic film to have ever been nominated.[2][3]
Plot
Þorgeir, an old man living in the Icelandic countryside, has grown too old to continue running his farm, and is made to feel unwelcome in his daughter and son-in-law's urban dwelling. Dumped into a home for the elderly in Reykjavík, he meets an old girlfriend from his youth, and they elope to the wilds of Iceland to die together.
See also
References
- ↑ "Children of Nature". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ↑ "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ↑ Jez Conolly; Caroline Whelan (2012). Reykjavik. Intellect Books. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-84150-641-8.
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