Synopsis
A calmly tender, loosely episodic echo of Icelandic society by Rúnar Rúnarsson. It’s just before Christmas. There’s a special atmosphere everywhere which reflects the emotional state of the nation. A deserted farm burns down, in a school a children‘s choir sings Christmas carols, in a museum a mother quarrels with her ex on the phone and a little girl lets her granny try out her new VR headset. Pictures of quiet contemplation overlap: the banal and the sublime, beauty and sadness, life and death, forming a bitter-sweet mirror of Icelandic reality.
Bio
RÚNAR RÚNARSSON (*1977) started out in 1995 as a director and screenplay writer and was nominated for an Oscar in 2006 for his short The Last Farm. After Volcano (2011) and Sparrows (2015) Echo is his third feature film.
Info
Original Title: Bergmál
International Title: Echo
Category: Feature
Section: Kaleidoskop
Version & Subtitles: Icelandic, English OV with English subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Cast/Protagonists: Sigurmar Albertsson, Bent Kingo Andersen, Sif Arnarsdóttir, Ari Arnarson, Finnur Arnar Arnarson, Árni Arnarson, Gísli Már Arnarsson, Jon Magnus Arnarsson
Production country: France, Switzerland, Iceland
Year of Production: 2019
Length: 79 min
Producer: Live Hide, Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir, Rúnar Rúnarsson
Production company: Nimbus Iceland, Pegasus Pictures, Jour2Fête, Bord Cadre Films
Cinematography: Sophia Olsson
Editor: Jacob Secher Schulsinger
Music: Kjartan Sveinsson
Production Design: Gus Olafsson
World Sales: Clémence Michalon, Jour2Fête
