Father's Estate
OT: Óðal feðranna
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson | Iceland, Sweden, 1980
Fiction Feature | FF2011
Story
Father’s Estate caused more public controversy than any other Icelandic film before. It struck out against the long-held romantic view of the countryside, the pervasive power of the cooperative societies, the bondage of the land and the great deception that men are better Icelanders for eking out their lives in the country. The pleasures of rural life have become a nightmare and the tragedy really lies in not being able to get away, to be chained to the land, a prey to poverty and social isolation.
Director
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (*1948) is well known for his Viking films When the Raven Flies (1984) and In the Shadow of the Raven (1988). FILMFEST HAMBURG 011 is also screening his film Father's Estate.Info
Óðal feðranna
Fiction Feature
Icelandic
Island Deluxe | FF2011
Iceland, Sweden
1980
98 min
OV
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
Guðrún Thórdardóttir, Hólmfrídur Thórhallsdóttir, Jakob Thór Einarsson, Jóhann Sigurdarson
Bo Jonson, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Snorri Þórisson
Snorri Þórisson
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Snorri Þórisson
Gunnar Þórðarson, Magnús Eiríksson
Film I.L.M. Ltd.