A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect with his inner elf. Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on the Icelandic coast for over seventy years. Her love of books is matched by his love of stones. When he tells her he wants to change his name to Elf she warns him that the family will reject him. Now, as his one hundredth birthday nears and Trausti senses the hand of death upon him, he is searching for an elf’s coffin…
- Status
- Released
- Production
- SKAK bíófilm, Pandistan, AllRitesReversed
Keywords
- dying and death
- funeral
- elves
- birthday
- grandfather
- iceland
- aging
- relationship
- grandmother
- folklore
- visual anthropology
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Top Cast
Trausti Breiðfjörð Magnússon as himself
Hulda Jónsdóttir as herself
Top Crew
Jón Bjarki Magnússon · Director, Cinematographer
Hlín Ólafsdóttir · Producer
Andy Lawrence · Producer
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