Sparrows
– The story follows a 16-year-old Icelandic boy, Ari, who lives with his mother in Reykjavík, She has..
The story follows a 16-year-old Icelandic boy, Ari, who lives with his mother in Reykjavík, She has to leave the country for a new job, sending him back to the small town of his youth. There he finds his old friend, suddenly a young woman with a tricky romantic relationship; and his father has become a victim of the financial crisis.
18 Oct 2015
English, Icelandic
Rúnar Rúnarsson
Rúnar Rúnarsson
Rade Serbedzija, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Arna Magnea Danks, Atli Oskar Fjalarsson
A coming-of-age story about the 16-year old boy Ari, who has been living with his mother in Reykjavik and is suddenly sent back to the remote Westfjords to live with his father Gunnar. There, he has to navigate a difficult relationship with his father, and he finds his childhood friends changed. In these hopeless and declining surroundings, Ari has to step up and find his way.
14 wins & 22 nominations.