Children
Börn
Release: 2006-09-09
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 6.1
Drama
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 is oblivious to what’s going on with her twelve year old 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 fourties who lives with his mother in the same apartment building. When Marinó realizes that his mother has secretly been dating a stranger, Marinó starts to lose grip on reality.
Production Countries
Iceland
Production Companies
Artbox
Köggull Filmworks
Vesturport
Cast
Gísli Örn Garðarsson
as Garðar/Georg
Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
as Karítas
Kristbjörg Kjeld
as Kolbrún
Hanna María Karlsdóttir
as Franka
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
as Marino
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
as Addi
Lilja Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir
as Katrín
Sigurður Skúlason
as Gunnar
Theodór Júlíusson
as Kærasti
Kristján Franklín Magnús
as Hörður