Under the Tree
Undir trénu · dir. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
Iceland, Poland, Denmark 2017, 89’ · pre-release screening
26 October, 17:30 · Kino Centrum
The suburbs in Reykjavik: clean air, peace and quiet, and the perfectly trimmed green lawns. This idyllic atmosphere cannot go on forever: a feud breaks out among neighbours at one of the housing estates. The cause of disagreement is a giant old tree that belongs to Baldvin and Inga and casts a shadow on the garden owned by Eybjorg and Konrad. It is a trivial issue, which later reaches absurd proportions. The neighbours who used to be so well mannered now lose their temper, and wild emotions definitely prevail over common sense...
| Director: | Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson |
| Screenplay: | Huldar Breiðfjörð, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson |
| Music: | Daníel Bjarnason |
| Cinematography: | Monika Lenczewska |
| Editing: | Kristján Loðmfjörð |
| Cast: | Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Sigurður Sigurjónsson |
| Producers: | Grímar Jónsson, Sindri Páll Kjartansson |
| Production: | Madants, Profile Pictures |
| Distribution: | M2 Films |
| Awards: | Nagrody Edda / Edda Awards – Film Roku, Reżyser Roku, Scenariusz Roku / Best Film, Best Director, Screenplay of the Year (2018); Islandzki kandydat do Oscarów w kategorii Najlepszy Film Obcojęzyczny / Icelandic candidate for Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category (2018) |
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