Children of Nature/Börn náttúrunnar, screened with Wrestling/Bræðrabylta
Wednesday, September 16, 6:30 pm & Saturday, September 19, 3 pm
Directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1991). Iceland's first and only Oscar-nominated film (Best Foreign Language Film, 1992), this lighthearted but poignant drama is about an aging couple who decide to make the most of the time they have left together. Þórgeir must leave his home in the remote Icelandic countryside and move into a retirement home in Reykjavík. There he meets Stella, an old friend from his childhood. Þórgeir soon becomes unhappy and sneaks away from the home with Stella. Headed for the country, they hope to pay a final visit to the town where they both grew up. A drama that asks: how important is it to have a long life if you must leave everything that has meaning for you? 82 min.
Preceded by Wrestling/Bræðrabylta
Directed by Grímur Hákonarson (2008). A love story of two men told through Iceland's national sport of “glima” (folk wrestling), where a code of honor called “Drengskapur” demands that the wrestlers always exhibit fairness, respect, and caring towards one another. Training partners Elnar and Denni take the code of honor one step further when they fall in love. 20 min.
