Sparrows (2015)
- Original title
- Þrestir
- Directed by
- Rúnar Rúnarsson
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Croatia, Iceland, Denmark
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 40 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A 16-year-old boy leaves his mother in Reykjavik to live with his father in the remote Icelandic countryside. He struggles to adapt to a harsh rural life and a distant parent.
melancholicslow-burnintrospectivebleakvisually starkatmosphericemotionally restrainedlonely
What happens
Sparrows (Icelandic: Þrestir) is a 2015 internationally co-produced film directed by the 2006 short film oscar nominee Rúnar Rúnarsson, starring Atli Óskar Fjalarsson, Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir and Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson. It tells the story of a 16-year-old boy who moves from his mother in Reykjavík to his father in the Icelandic countryside. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. Sparrows had a long festival run and was honored with 20 international film awards including the Golden Shell at the 63rd San Sebastián International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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