Hannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife gets ill he tries to reconcile with them and to atone for his cold demeanor in the past.
沉默寡言的贡纳尔独居在冰岛一个人烟稀少的农场,当政府征用农场建水坝后,贡纳尔搬到首都雷克雅未克。大城市的陌生环境让贡纳尔寸步难行,但每天出现的10岁报童阿里改变了他的生活。导演尼娜·帕尔马多蒂尔以淡淡的口吻描述了一段温情的忘年交,也微妙地阐释着孤独。影片获得北京国际电影节注目未来单元评审团特别荣誉及最受注目男演员奖。
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.
正值冰岛圣诞节之际。当所有人正为节日做准备时,一种特殊的气氛笼罩在这座城市之上,流露出既兴奋又担忧的情绪。在乡村中部地区,一座废弃的农场正在燃烧。在学校里,儿童唱诗班正在吟唱圣诞颂歌。在屠宰场,鸡沿着围栏游行。在博物馆,一位母亲正在电话里与她的前夫争吵。在起居室里,小女孩正在让她的祖母试戴她的虚拟现实头盔……通过56个场景,影片描绘了一幅现代社会尖锐而又温柔的肖像。
Little Birds takes place during one bright summer night and follows a group of young teenagers on a journey from innocence to adulthood. The main character is a timid boy who has a typical schoolboy-crush on a girl his age, who happens to be a friend of his mate.
The plot follows Una, described as “an outsider in the events that unfold around her, even though she is in fact at their centre”. Because of a secret she carries around with her, she can’t claim the space she deserves in the grief that she experiences. Una has to make space for everyone else’s emotions whilst preserving her own dignity.