Börn

Children
Director
Ragnar Bragason
Country
Iceland
Year
2006
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Ragnar Bragason
Cast
Gísli Örn Garðarsson / Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir / Olafur Darri Olafsson / Andri Snær Helgason / Margrét Helga Jóhannesdóttir / Sigurdur Skúlason / Hanna María Karlsdótti
Production
Vesturport

Storyline

A nurse and mother of four fights her second husband for the custody of her three daughters and the survival of her football crazy eldest son. Among her neighbours is the schizophrenic Marino, who can’t bear to see his widowed mother having adventures with a suitor.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

San Sebastián International Film Festival 2006
Zabaltegi New Directors

Edda Awards (The Icelandic Film and TV Awards) 2006
Best screenplay

Releases

France (4 of September 2011)
Denmark (12 of October 2007)
Iceland (15 of September 2006)