Children of Nature

1991 film by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
  • August 1, 1991 (1991-08-01)
Running time
82 minutesCountryIcelandLanguagesIcelandic
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

  1. ^ "Children of Nature". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  2. ^ "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ^ Jez Conolly; Caroline Whelan (2012). Reykjavik. Intellect Books. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-84150-641-8.

External links

  • Children of Nature at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Börn náttúrunnar at the Swedish Film Institute Database Edit this at Wikidata
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