Children (film)

Infobox Film
name = Children


caption =
director = Ragnar Bragason
producer = Vesturport
writer = Ragnar Bragason, Vesturport
narrator =
starring =
music = Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Andri Snær Magnason, Hanna María Karlsdóttir
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = 2006
runtime =
country = Iceland
language = Icelandic
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by = Parents (film)
website =
amg_id = 1:360798
imdb_id = 0872094

Children (Icelandic: Börn (Audio|Börn.ogg|pronunciation)) is a 2006 Icelandic film. The film was very acclaimed and won several Edda Awards. The film was also submitted as Iceland's official entry to the Academy Awards foreign film section.

Plot

The plot centers around single nurse Karaitas (Nína Dögg Fillipusdóttir), her son, Guðumund (Andri Snær Helgason), who only plays with schizophrenic family friend, Marino (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), and criminal father Garðar and his conflicts which lead to the near death beating of twin brother Georg (Gísli Örn Garðarsson.)