Scandinavian Coming of Age Movies
Scandinavian Coming of Age Movies
Portraits of youth and young adulthood
Portraits of youth and young adulthood
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- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsAnton GlanzeliusTomas von BrömssenAnki LidénIn the late '50s, young Ingemar learns a lot about life and himself when he is sent away from his sick mother to live with his aunt and uncle in a town full of eccentrics.Sweden
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsBirgir Dagur BjarkasonÁskell Einar PálmasonViktor Benóný BenediktssonAddi, a gifted boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys discover aggression, violence, loyalty, and love.Iceland
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsBaldur EinarssonBlær HinrikssonDiljá ValsdóttirIn a fishing village in Iceland, a boy develops feelings for his best friend as his best friend pursues his affections for a girl.Iceland
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsÁgúst WigumEinar Jóhann ValssonValdimar Örn FlygenringThe film shows a strong bond between two brothers who live in a remote fjord with their parents. We look into their world through the eyes of the younger brother and follow him on a journey marking a turning point in the brothers' lives.Iceland
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsFlóki HaraldssonViktór Leó GíslasonDaníel Óskar JóhannessonA boy from a small town has never kissed a girl. So one day he and his friends decide to go to the 'big city' to see if they have more luck there. In the city, the boys get much more than they bargained for.Iceland
- DirectorDagur KáriStarsTómas LemarquisÞröstur Leó GunnarssonElín HansdóttirIs he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in the north of Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Noi dreams of escaping from this white-walled prison with Iris, a city girl who works in a local gas station. But his clumsy attempts at escape spiral out of control and end in complete failure. Only a natural disaster will shatter Noi's universe and offer him a window into a better world.Iceland
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsAlexandra DahlströmRebecka LiljebergErica CarlsonTwo teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.Sweden
- DirectorBaldvin ZophoníassonStarsElín HallEyrún Björk JakobsdóttirLára Jóhanna JónsdóttirDrawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods.Iceland
- DirectorRúnar RúnarssonStarsRade SerbedzijaIngvar SigurdssonEva SigurdardottirAri's teenage lifestyle in the big city is disrupted as he is sent by his mother to live with his uninvolved father and his grandmother in a small fishing village.Iceland
- DirectorRúnar RúnarssonStarsAtli Óskar FjalarssonHera HilmarSigurdur Jakob Helgason2 Birds takes place during one bright summer night and follows a group of young teenagers on a journey from innocence to adulthood. The main character is a timid boy who has a typical schoolboy crush on a girl his age, who happens to be a friend of his mate.
- DirectorBaldvin ZophoníassonStarsAtli Óskar FjalarssonIlva HolmesGísli Örn GarðarssonA 16-year old Icelandic boy's first kiss with another boy gives him "jitters"--feelings he can't deny. This is a well-written film that captures the confusion and excitement of being a teenager, with an attractive ensemble cast. The film follows the lives of several teens and the challenges they face, in particular with their parents/guardians.Iceland
- DirectorFriðrik Þór FriðrikssonStarsÖrvar Jens ArnarssonRúrik HaraldssonSigrún HjálmtýsdóttirThe story of a boyhood spent in Iceland in the 1960s. Tomas loves the movies and is highly influenced by them.Iceland
- DirectorGísli Snær ErlingssonStarsSturla SighvatssonGunnar CautherySigfús SturlusonBenjamin dufa is movie about four friends. They love knights and dream to be knights when they grow up. The friends get in trouble with bullies and one of them (Baldur) gets in serious trouble with the bullies and something really sad happens to him.Iceland
- DirectorÁsa Helga HjörleifsdóttirStarsIngvar SigurdssonThorvaldur KristjanssonHilmir Snær GuðnasonA wayward nine-year-old girl is sent to the countryside to work and mature, but finds herself instead deeply entangled in a drama she can hardly grasp.Iceland
- DirectorGísli Snær ErlingssonStarsHjalti Rúnar JónssonHans Tittus NakingePálmi GestssonIn the middle ages a small Greenlandic boy comes drifting with an Iceberg to a remote and superstitious settlement in Iceland and is believed to be an evil spirit by his looks. He saves a young boy from an avalanche and they become friends. The young Icelandic boy has to fight for his friends existence against the ignorant villagers, who want him imprisoned or even killed.Iceland
- DirectorÞorsteinn JónssonStarsKári GunnarssonGuðrún GísladóttirHjalti RögnvaldssonEmil is a young boy that dreams about owning a dog and he starts working so he can save up to buy one. Meanwhile his family are dealing with money problems.Iceland
- DirectorÞráinn BertelssonStarsPáll Jósefs SævarssonWilhelm Jósefs SævarssonSteinunn JóhannesdóttirThe twins Jon Oddur and Jon Bjarni are growing up in Reykjavik in the early 1980s, where opinions and relationships between people are in a state of flux.Iceland
- DirectorHrafn GunnlaugssonStarsPálmi GestssonUnnur SteinssonSteinar Torfi VilhjalmssonA young boy is spending the summer on his uncle's horse farm. He takes care of the sheep and plays cowboy but is suddenly drawn into the world of adults when his uncle meets the woman of his dream. The boy follows how his uncle tries to seduce this beautiful lady - with both happy and tragedic consequences.Iceland
- DirectorBragi Thor HinrikssonStarsIsabel Karin AguilarGunnar Stefán BjarnasonÞröstur Leó GunnarssonWhen a young girl is bullied at school she has to look beyond the pain to overcome the problem. With her strong will and good heart she believes that deep inside her oppressor is a friend worth having.Iceland
- DirectorBragi Thor HinrikssonStarsHarald G. HaraldssonKristinn Óli HaraldssonKristín Erla PétursdóttirLife can be complicated when you're only eleven.Iceland
- DirectorAri KristinssonStarsBergþór ÞorvaldssonÞórdís Hulda ÁrnadóttirÁrni Beinteinn ÁrnasonKalli, a young boy living with his mother in the suburbs of Reykjavik, thrives in the world of movies and computer games. When he is sent to spend Christmas with his father's new family up north at an isolated farm, Kalli meets his stepsister, who he does not get along with. Soon he decides to run away, but only to be hit harder by reality and Kalli has to learn how to fight "real life" challenges while encountering imaginary and fictional creatures.Iceland
- DirectorBille AugustStarsPelle HvenegaardMax von SydowErik PaaskeWhen his wife dies, Lasse takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle, from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life.Denmark/Sweden co-production
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsAndreas WilsonHenrik LundströmGustaf SkarsgårdA teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.Sweden
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Sweden
- DirectorArne MattssonStarsGunnel BroströmFolke SundquistMargaretha KrookA coming of age story about young Salka Valka who lives in the small fishing village of Íseyri.Sweden/Iceland co-production