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
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 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)
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