Children of Nature
{{short description|1991 film by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Children of Nature
| image = ChildrenOfNature1991Poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
| producer = Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Vilhjálmur Ragnarsson
| writer = Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Einar Már Guðmundsson
| starring = Gísli Halldórsson
Sigríður Hagalín
Baldvin Halldórsson
Björn Karlsson
| music = Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
| cinematography = Ari Kristinsson
| editing = Skafti Gudmundsson
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1991|8|1}}
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = Iceland
| language = Icelandic
English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Children of Nature ({{langx|is|Börn náttúrunnar}}) is a 1991 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson.{{r|Z86Lr}} It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 64th Academy Awards, the only Icelandic film to have ever been nominated.{{r|Oscars1992}}{{r|ConollyWhelan2012}}
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, he meets an old girlfriend from his youth, and they elope to the wilds of Iceland to die together.
See also
References
{{reflist|refs=
| author1 = Jez Conolly
| author2 = Caroline Whelan
| title = Reykjavik
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7em2oTwjfisC&pg=PA18
| year = 2012
| publisher = Intellect Books
| isbn = 978-1-84150-641-8
| pages = 18–
}}
| url = http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992
| title = The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners
| accessdate = 15 September 2015
| work = oscars.org
}}
| url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/children-of-nature/
| title = Children of Nature
| publisher = rottentomatoes.com
| accessdate = 2014-02-16
}}
}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0101526|title=Children of Nature}}
- {{Sfdb title|name=Börn náttúrunnar}}
{{Friðrik Þór Friðriksson}}
{{Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award}}
Category:Icelandic romantic drama films
Category:1990s Icelandic-language films
Category:1991 romantic drama films
Category:Films directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Category:Films scored by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
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