Swan, The
Svanurinn · dir. Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
Iceland, Germany, Estonia 2017, 91’ · Polish premiere
20 October, 13:30 · Kino Centrum
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 — as 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.
| Director: | Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir |
| Screenplay: | Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir |
| Music: | Gunnar Örn Tynes |
| Cinematography: | Martin Neumeyer |
| Editing: | Sebastian Thümler, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir |
| Cast: | Gríma Valsdóttir, Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson, Þuríður Blær Jóhannsdóttir, Kalta Margrét Þorgeirsdóttir, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson |
| Producers: | Birgitta Björnsdóttir, Hlín Jóhannesdóttir |
| Production: | Vintage Pictures, Junafilm, Kopli Kinokompanii |
| Awards: | MFF w Kairze / Cairo IFF – Nagroda „Kino Jutra” / Cinema of Tomorrow Award (2017); MFF w Santa Barbara / Santa Barbara IFF – Najlepszy Film Skandynawski / Best Scandinavian Film (2018) |
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