Children

The story

Karitas is a single mother of four who desperately tries to make ends meet. Fighting a losing battle with her ex-husband for custody over her three daughters, she is oblivious to what’s going on with her twelve year old Gudmund, a victim of brutal bullying at school and whose life is on the fast track to destruction. Gudmund’s only friend in the world is Marinó, a schizophrenic in his fourties who lives with his mother in the same apartment building. When Marinó realizes that his mother has secretly been dating a stranger, Marinó starts to lose grip on reality.

Cast & crew

Gísli Örn GarðarssonGarðar/Georg

Nína Dögg FilippusdóttirKarítas

Ólafur Darri ÓlafssonMarino

Andri Snær Helgason

Andri Snær HelgasonGuðmundur

Þröstur Leó GunnarssonAddi

Lilja Guðrún ÞorvaldsdóttirKatrín

Sigurður SkúlasonGunnar

Theodór JúlíussonKærasti

Kristján Franklín MagnúsHörður

Ellert Ingimundarson

Ellert IngimundarsonSigurður

Kristbjörg KjeldKolbrún

Hanna María KarlsdóttirFranka