Children (2006)

6.1/10 90 min Drama

Overview

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

Gísli Örn Garðarsson

Garðar/Georg

Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir

Karítas

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Marino

Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson

Addi

Lilja Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir

Katrín

Sigurður Skúlason

Gunnar

Theodór Júlíusson

Kærasti

Kristján Franklín Magnús

Hörður

Kristbjörg Kjeld

Kolbrún

Hanna María Karlsdóttir

Franka

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