''Children of Nature'' () is a 1991
Icelandic film directed by
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (born 12 May 1954; pronounced ), sometimes credited as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic film director and producer.
Biography
Fridriksson started his film making career with experimental films and documentar ...
. It was nominated for the
Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the
64th Academy Awards
The 64th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1991 in the United States and took place on March 30, 1992, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beg ...
, the only Icelandic film to have ever been nominated.
Plot
Þorgeir, an old man living in the Icelandic countryside, has grown too old to continue running his farm, and is made to feel unwelcome in his daughter and son-in-law's urban dwelling. Dumped into a
home for the elderly in
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...
, he meets an old girlfriend from his youth, and they elope to the wilds of Iceland to die together.
See also
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List of films considered the best
This is a list of films voted the best in national and international Opinion poll, surveys of Film criticism, critics and the public.
Some surveys focus on all films, while others focus on a particular genre or country. Electoral system, Voti ...
References
External links
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Icelandic romantic drama films
1990s Icelandic-language films
1991 films
1991 romantic drama films
Films directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Films scored by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
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