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"Do you sometimes feel that you know something will happen before it does? Something bad…"

2004

1h 30m

5.8(11 votes)

Drama

Overview

What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. A catastrophe that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.

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Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Older Grímur

Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir

Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir

Woman in reception

Ruth Olafsdottir

Linda

Steinunn Harðardóttir

Svava

Borghildur Thors

Woman in a window

Áslákur Ingvarsson

Young Grímur

Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir

Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir

Lára

Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir

Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir

Anna

Snæfríður Ingvarsdóttir

Gottina

Kristbjörg Kjeld

Kristbjörg Kjeld

Álfrún

Creative team

Directed by: Hilmar Oddsson
Written by: Hilmar Oddsson
Vigdís Grímsdóttir
Produced by: Hilmar Oddsson
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

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