Children of Nature
Original title: Börn náttúrunnar
“Sometimes a first love becomes a last love”
1991 · 1 h 22 min
Directed by 
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Friðrik Þór FriðrikssonCast
Gísli Halldórsson Sigríður Hagalín Baldvin Halldórsson Björn Karlsson 
Bruno Ganz Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir
Credits
Written by: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Plot
An elderly farmer, forced into a retirement home in Reykjavik, runs away with an old friend to return to his childhood home in a remote fjord.
Sinekatalog’s take
A moving and lyrical road movie of old age.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (1,706 votes)
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