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Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon
Beautiful Beings (2022)
Fourteen-year-old Balli is an outsider from a broken family. In vain, he seeks support at home and at school, where he is a victim of bullying. Everything changes when he meets a group of three troubled teenagers who unexpectedly take him in. A gang dominated by the violent Konni and intelligent Addi offers Balli a missing home. A story told with poetic feeling and rawness about relationships that can last forever and help shape us in our most important moments. About cruelty and tenderness born on the magical border between childhood and adulthood.
| Country | Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Duration | 123 min |
| Rating | 15 |
| Language | Icelandic |
| Subtitle | Czech, English |
| Directed by | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson |
| Screenplay | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson |
| Director of Photography | Sturla Brandth Grøvlen |
| Edited by | Anders Skov, Andri Steinn Gudjónsson |
| Contact | Artcam Films |
Biography
Icelandic screenwriter, director and producer. He studied art at the Icelandic Academy of Arts and screenwriting in Denmark. After a few successful shorts he made his feature debut with the award-winning Stone Heart (Hjartasteinn, 2016), followed by the drama Beautiful Beings (Berdreymi, 2022).