Summaries

Addi, a gifted boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys discover aggression, violence, loyalty, and love.

Fourteen-year-old Balli is something of a misfit. He lives with his drug-addicted mother in a squalid house and is bullied by his classmates. A stepfather who "thought the gun wasn't loaded" has left him with a glass eye. But then Balli meets three boys of his own age - Addi, Konni and Siggi - and a friendship gently develops. For the first time in his life, Balli finds that he is able to connect, especially with Addi, whose mother believes in "the subconscious". Addi is fighting his own demons and, when his visions appear to indicate that Balli's brutal stepfather can no longer be tolerated, the boys decide to act. Icelandic director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson finds poetic images for a world marked by violence and aggression in his coming-of-age drama. In it, he depicts a group of youths who are in danger of foundering on the gender-normative behavioural code of their peer group. Desperately they cling to each other - with a grip that is painful and tender in equal measure.—yusufpiskin

A teenage boy, raised by a mother who considers herself psychic, takes a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits. As the group's troubles escalate toward life-threatening situations, an inner voice awakens in the boy and, with the help of his mother and his new friend, he manages to find his own path.—yusufpiskin

Details

Keywords
  • male rape
  • gay
  • friendship between boys
  • gay interest
  • iceland
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Apr 21, 2022
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Unrated
Countries of origin Netherlands Denmark Czech Republic Sweden Iceland
Language Icelandic
Filming locations Reykjavík, Iceland
Production companies Film i Väst Bastide Films Join Motion Pictures

Box office

Gross worldwide $178839

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 3m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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