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22/04/2022 Drama 2h 3m
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Friends. Family. Sacrifice.

Overview

A teenage boy, raised by a mother who considers herself psychic, takes a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits. As the group’s troubles escalate toward life-threatening situations, an inner voice awakens in the boy and, with the help of his mother and his new friend, he manages to find his own path.

  1. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Birgir Dagur Bjarkason

    Addi

  2. Áskell Einar Pálmason

    Balli

  3. Viktor Benóný Benediktsson

    Konni

  4. Snorri Rafn Frímannsson

    Siggi

  5. Sunna Líf Arnarsdóttir

    Helga

  6. Kamilla Guðrún Lowen

    Anna

  7. Kristín Ísold Jóhannesdóttir

    Hófí

  8. Ísgerður Elfa Gunnarsdóttir

    Hulda

  9. Aðalbjörg Emma Hafsteinsdóttir

    Fríða

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-12-06
After “Balli” (Áskell Einar Pálmason) is badly beaten up by some violent bullies, he arrives at school looking more like the lead in “Phantom of the Opera” than a pupil at a standard Icelandic comprehensive, and that attracts the teasing of “Addi” (Birgir Dagur Bjarkason) and his two friends “Siggi” (Snorri Rafn Frimansson) and “Konni” (Viktor Benóny Benediktsson). Quite quickly, though, all of these boys realise that the drug-fuelled broken homes that most of them come from suggest they have more in common than not, and soon “Balli” is taking them back to the fairly...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Icelandic

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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