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Completed - ICELANDIC - Drama - 91 minutes

Log Line

As free-spirited as the waves, a young girl falls in love for the first time with a kindred soul

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Ása Helga HJÖRLEIFSDÓTTIR
Writer(s) : Ása helga HJÖRLEIFSDÓTTIR
Cast : Gríma VALSDÓTTIR, Þorvaldur Davíð KRISTJÁNSSON, Þuríður Blær JÓHANNSDÓTTIR, Kalta Margrét ÞORGEIRSDÓTTIR, Ingvar E. SIGURÐSSON

Producer(s) : Birgitta BJÖRNSDÓTTIR (Vintage Pictures), Hlín JÓHANNESDÓTTIR (Vintage Pictures)

Synopsis

In contemporary rural Iceland a wayward 9-year old girl, Sól, is sent to distant countryside relatives for a summer to work and to mature. Nature seems endless there, the animals soulful but the people harsh. All except the mysterious farmhand Jón, who – like Sól herself – likes words better than people. But the farmers’ daughter Ásta has a claim on Jón as well, and soon Sól becomes entangled in a drama she hardly can grasp. This summer marks Sól’s rite of passage into the murky waters of adulthood, and the wild nature in us all.

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Country(ies) : ICELAND

LITHUANIA SCANORAMA DISTR
LITHUANIA EUROPEAN FILM F
SWEDEN NJUTAFILMS


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Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2017 Discovery


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