Beautiful Beings (2022)

Original title

Berdreymi

Directed by

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film

Country

Czech Republic, Iceland, Netherlands, Denmark

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

16

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of teenage boys in the suburbs of Reykjavík navigate friendships and the violence that surrounds them. The film follows their experiences growing up in the 2000s.

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What happens

Beautiful Beings (Icelandic: Berdreymi) is a 2022 Icelandic coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson. Set in the suburbs of Reykjavík during the 2000s, the film focuses on a group of teenage boys and the violence that surrounds them. The film had its world premiere at the Panorama section of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival on 30 September 2022, it was theatrically released in Iceland on 22 April. It was announced as Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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