Half Elf

Movie·2020·1h 5m

Half Elf

Country

Iceland

Language

Icelandic

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The Story

Original title: Hálfur Álfur

A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect with his inner elf. Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on the Icelandic coast for over seventy years. Her love of books is matched by his love of stones. When he tells her he wants to change his name to Elf she warns him that the family will reject him. Now, as his one hundredth birthday nears and Trausti senses the hand of death upon him, he is searching for an elf’s coffin…

Producer

Hlín Ólafsdóttir, Jón Bjarki Magnússon

Cinematography

Jón Bjarki Magnússon

Editor

Jón Bjarki Magnússon

Themes

dying and deathfuneralelvesbirthdaygrandfathericelandagingrelationshipgrandmotherfolklorevisual anthropology

Production House

SKAK bíófilm
Pandistan
AllRitesReversed

Audience Score

100%

1 votes

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Timepass4%
Go for it10%
Perfection85%

Where to watch

Region: GB

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Cast

Trausti Breiðfjörð Magnússon

himself

Hulda Jónsdóttir

herself

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Crew

Hlín Ólafsdóttir

Producer

Jón Bjarki Magnússon

Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor

Veronika Janatková

Veronika Janatková

Producer

Andy Lawrence

Producer

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