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Volcano

Eldfjall

Iceland, Denmark

2011

99 Min
Color
1.85:1
Icelandic
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DIR Rúnar Rúnarsson

EXEC Thomas Gammeltoft

PROD Egil Dennerline, Hlín Jóhannesdóttir, Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Thor Sigurjonsson

SCR Rúnar Rúnarsson

DP Sophia Olsson

CAST Theódór Júlíusson, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir, Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir, Þorsteinn Bachmann

PROD DES Haukur Karlsson

MUSIC Kjartan Sveinsson

SOUND Björn Viktorsson, Jacob Schulsinger

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), Transilvania (Competition), Karlovy Vary (Another View), Toronto (Discovery), Helsinki (Nordic Exports), London (Cinema Europa), Athens (International Competition), Chicago (New Directors): Silver Hugo, São Paulo (New Directors), Göteborg (Nordiskt ljus), !F Istanbul (Hit Films), CPH PIX (Pix Specials), RIFF

Synopsis

The coming of age story of a 67 year old man. When Hannes retires from his job as a janitor the void that is the rest of his life begins. He is estranged from his family, hardly has any friends and the relationship to his wife has faded. Through drastic events, Hannes realizes that he has to adjust his life in order to help someone he loves. Eldfjall is a love story about dealing with the choices of the past and the difficulties of the present in order to embrace the future. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

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Rúnar Rúnarsson

Born in Reykjavik Iceland, Rúnar Rúnarsson lived in Denmark for 7 years and graduated from the Danish Film School in 2009. Rúnar recently returned to Iceland to direct VOLCANO, his first feature film. Nominated for an Academy Award in 2006, the Golden Palm in Cannes 2008 and the European Film Awards in 2008, Rúnar is probably the most awarded short film director in the world with 90 International awards under his belt for his last 3 films. —festivalscope.com 

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Sancar Seckiner

4Apr13

Somebody tells where Haneke's Amour is from.

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Misho

25Feb13

Whatever happens, don't mention Haneke.

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Matt Richards

21Feb13

Tender and rousing tale of a cold, stubborn and self-absorbed old man who is forced into some serious introspection following the sudden illness of his wife and primary carer. Similar to AMOUR in story, Volcano is set against the bleak Icelandic coast, shot in grainy 16mm and has a score by Kjartan Sveinsson of the Sigur Ros. Incredible effort for a feature debut. 4 stars

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12Feb13

The same feeling as I watched Runarsson's short film, The Last Farm.

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Movie Poster of the Week: The Best of the Rest of Cannes 2011

By Adrian Curry on June 3, 2011

As I’ve mentioned before, movie posters are not much in evidence around the theaters of Cannes. One striking exception though was this

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Wrapping Cannes 2011. Directors' Fortnight

By on June 1, 2011

To follow up on yesterday's roundup of Un Certain Regard remainders... "The Tati-inspired dance trio of Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and

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Cannes 2011: VOLCANO REVIEW

By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
Back in 1974 the volcano on the small island of Vestmaneyjar of the coast of Iceland suddenly erupted in the middle of the night, devastating the community and laying to waste a large section of the area
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