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Children of Nature

Börn náttúrunnar

1991

An elderly farmer unable to cope alone is placed in a Reykjavík retirement home, where he reunites with a childhood sweetheart, and the two slip away together on a final journey back to the remote fjords of their youth. A tender, Oscar-nominated road movie.

Why it’s here

, an Icelandic-language road elegy rooted in rural Iceland and Reykjavik.

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Part of 10 Essential Icelandic Films

This film is stop 8 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Iceland. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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