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Heartstone (Hjartasteinn) is a 2016 Icelandic drama film directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson.[2] It tells the story of a strong friendship between two preteen boys in a small Icelandic fishing village and the emotional and sexual turbulence of adolescence.[3]

Heartstone
Film poster
Hjartasteinn
Directed by	Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Written by	Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Cinematography	Sturla Brandt Gøvlen[1]
Release dates	1 September 2016 (2016-09-01) (Venice) 28 December 2016 (2016-12-28) (Iceland)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	Iceland
Language	Icelandic

It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] On 9 September 2016, the film won the Queer Lion at the 73rd Venice Film Festival.[5] It was the first Icelandic film to be shown in a competitive section of the Venice Film Festival.[6] It was also nominated for the 2017 Nordic Council Film Prize[7] and won the 2017 Icelandic Edda Awards.[8]

Cast

• Baldur Einarsson as Þór/ Thor
• Blær Hinriksson as Kristján/ Christian
• Diljá Valsdóttir as Beta/ Beth
• Katla Njálsdóttir as Hanna/ Hannah
• Jónína Þórdís Karlsdóttir as Rakel
• Rán Ragnarsdóttir as Hafdís
• Søren Malling as Sven
• Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir as Hulda
• Gunnar Jónsson as Ásgeir
• Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as Sigurður

Production

The film is Guðmundur's first feature-length film and he began working on the script in 2007.[1] It was shot in the fall of 2015 in Borgarfjörður eystri, Seyðisfjörður, Vopnafjörður, and Dyrhólaey.[9][10]

Reception

The film was well received in Iceland[1] and won the 2017 Icelandic Edda Awards.[8] The script, the dialogue, and the directing of young actors received praise.[1] The cinematography by Sturla Brandt Gøvlen amplified Icelandic nature, with long shots of coastlines and fjords.[1]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 84% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 6.97/10.[11] On Metacritic, which assigns rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[12]

References

External links

• Heartstone at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Herzstein (Film)

Herzstein (Originaltitel Hjartasteinn) ist ein dänisch-isländisches Filmdrama von Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, das am 1. September 2016 im Rahmen der Filmfestspiele von Venedig 2016 seine Premiere feierte.

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- [en] Heartstone (film)

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