#Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

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Berdreymi [Beautiful Beings] (Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, 2022)

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2022: Beautiful Beings

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Balli : Can you tell my fortune?

Addi : You will be fine.  

– BEAUTIFUL BEINGS

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Beautiful Beings trailer released

Beautiful Beings trailer released

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s crushing and surreal, multi-award-winning coming-of-age drama- Beautiful Beings — opens January 13th 2023 at the Quad Cinema in NYC with more dates to follow. Addi, a boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys explore aggression and violence but also learn about loyalty and…

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Last night movie:

Beautiful Beings - Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (2022)

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Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson's Beautiful Beings (Berdreymi, 2022), with Birgir Dagur Bjarkason (Addi), Áskell Einar Pálmason (Balli), Viktor Benóný Benediktsson (Konni), Snorri Rafn Frímannsson (Siggi).

A nuanced painting of Icelandic teenage boys, lost to themselves by rather dysfunctionnal families. In the high school they attend, Addi, Konni and Siggi act like bullies, especially against Baldur (Balli), a shy boy who's subjected to constant peers harrassement. Konni is especially violent and sanguine. The central character, Addi, narrator of the story, starts to change his behavior after an assault against Balli. Progressively, his vision of Balli shifts, as he figures out how the latter's life and family are a mess. Progressively, Addi makes Balli his friend and his mates' too, but peer into Balli's life is dangerous.

A beautiful and tough-realistic movie. I was less convinced by the secondary plot, about Addi's self-discovery of divination powers (his mom's legacy), but maybe it's a way to suggest that he then starts to accept his feminine part, being more empathetic and affectionate.

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Cine: Berdreymi / Beautiful Beings (2022)

La violencia recorre el metraje de forma constante, desde el principio y de una forma contundente: con el feroz ataque de un grupo de abusivos al pobre de Balli (Áskell Einar Pálmason), que termina en el hospital. El muchacho tiene una vida dura: vive en una casa en estado deplorable junto a su madre (Ísgerður Elfa Gunnarsdóttir), su hermana mayor (Kristín Ísold Jóhannesdóttir) y la constante amenaza de un padrastro violento que en cualquier momento puede regresar (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson).

Contra todo pronóstico, una vez casi recuperado, el tímido Balli se encuentra con un grupo de chicos que parecen amenazantes, pero con los que termina afianzando una cercanía que preocuparía a cualquier padre responsable: Addi (Birgir Dagur Bjarkason), suerte de líder del cuarteto, hijo de una madre que cree fervientemente en lo paranormal (Anita Briem, a quien ya habrás visto junto a Brendan Fraser en "Viaje al centro de la Tierra" en 2008); el turbulento Konni (Viktor Benóný Benediktsson), apodado "El Animal" por su tendencia impulsiva y excesivamente violenta (es un milagro que todavía no haya matado a nadie) y Siggi (Snorri Rafn Frímannsson), que sólo está para acompañarlos.

Los días juntos transitan entre tonterías peligrosas, cigarrillos robados, alguna droga, muchas peleas y aún más tonterías peligrosas. En cuanto al componente gay (por algo está en este blog), apunten entre Addi y Konni.

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson escribe y dirige con gran pericia esta candidata islandesa (quedó afuera) al Premio de la Academia de Hollywood como Mejor Película Internacional. Claro que lo más destacable del filme son las actuaciones (en especial al de los jóvenes), la fotografía y, no menos importante, la filmación de las escenas de violencia, que son expuestas con visceral impacto.

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Heartstone (Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, 2016)

Kids are going to be wasted in their nowhere small towns, no matter how beautiful the landscape is. And there's no abundance or lushness of nature here - all rotting fish, dead birds, mauled sheep, drizzle. The lushness is internal, cold weather biting at the lips, cheeks and eyes like painting the face with the brightest, amateur yet defiant make up job. In the procession of movies about lost, lonely teenagers dealing with sexuality this is a good and immediate one. It just needed that something extra to fully make a mark. Instead it ran a regular compassionate route.

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Uma aldeia piscatória remota. Dois adolescentes, Thor e Christian, vivem um Verão turbulento: enquanto um tenta conquistar o coração de uma rapariga, o outro descobre novos sentimentos em relação ao melhor amigo. Quando o Verão termina e a inclemente natureza islandesa volta a mostrar-se, é tempo de deixar o recreio e enfrentar a idade adulta. Corações de Pedra é um filme de drama islandês de 2016 dirigido por Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson. Conta a história de uma forte amizade entre dois meninos pré-adolescentes em uma pequena vila de pescadores da Islândia e a turbulência emocional e sexual da adolescência.Foi exibido na seção Discovery no Festival Internacional de Cinema de Toronto de 2016 . Em 9 de setembro de 2016, o filme ganhou o Leão Queer no 73º Festival de Cinema de Veneza . Foi o primeiro filme islandês a ser exibido em uma seção competitiva do Festival de Veneza. Também foi nomeado para o Nordic Council Film Prize 2017 e ganhou o Icelandic Edda Awards 2017 .O filme foi bem recebido na Islândia e ganhou o Icelandic Edda Awards 2017 . O roteiro, o diálogo e a direção de jovens atores receberam elogios. A cinematografia de Sturla Brandt Gøvlen ampliou a natureza islandesa, com cenas de litorais e fiordes. Na revisão agregador site Rotten Tomatoes , o filme mantém um índice de aprovação de 84% com base em 25 comentários, com uma classificação média de 6,97 / 10. No Metacritic , que atribui classificação normalizada às críticas, o filme Corações de Pedra tem uma pontuação média ponderada de 70 em 100, com base em 5 críticos, indicando "críticas geralmente favoráveis". Recomendação: A Minha Vida com John F. Donovan(2018) IMDb

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Hjartasteinn [Heartstone] (Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson - 2016)

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Poster And Trailer For BEAUTIFUL BEINGS

Poster And Trailer For BEAUTIFUL BEINGS

Altered Innocence has released this new U.S. poster and trailer for Iceland’s submission for the 95th Academy Awards, BEAUTIFUL BINGS. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s Crushing and Surreal, Multi-Award-Winning  Coming-Of-Age Drama — Opens January 13 at the Quad Cinema in NYC, More Dates To Come World Premiere: Berlin International Film Festival – Panorama 2022 — Europa Cinemas Label Winner  Off…

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Strand Releasing’s distribution label Altered Innocence has dropped the U.S. trailer for Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s (“Heartstone”) “Lovely Beings” which is representing Iceland within the Oscar race. The approaching-of-age drama world premiered on the Berlin Movie Pageant final yr and received the Label Europa Cinemas Award. it went on to select up accolades at Biografilm Pageant, Off Digital camera, Stockholm, Taipei and Thessaloniki movie festivals, amongst others. Altered Innocence will host the U.S. premiere for the movie on the Quad in New York Metropolis on Jan. 13 and will likely be increasing from there. “Lovely Beings” follows Addi, a boy raised by a clairvoyant mom who decides to undertake a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their very own gadgets, the boys discover aggression and violence but in addition find out about loyalty and love. Because the group’s conduct escalates in the direction of life-threatening conditions, Addi begins to expertise a sequence of dreamlike visions. Arnar Guðmundsson is certainly one of Iceland’s finest identified filmmakers. His credit embrace “Whale Valley,” a brief which received a particular point out at Cannes, amongst a raft of awards; and “Heartstone” which performed at Venice, Toronto and received a raft of laurels, together with a prize on the European Movie Awards and 9 Edda Awards, Iceland’s equal to the Oscars. Right here is the trailer: !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function() n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments); ; if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n; n.push = n; n.loaded = !0; n.version = '2.0'; n.queue = []; t = b.createElement(e); t.async = !0; t.src = v; s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s); (window, document, 'script', ' fbq('init', '586935388485447'); fbq('init', '315552255725686'); fbq('track', 'PageView');

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‘Beautiful Beings’ Duo Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson & Sturla Brandth Grøvlen Expand Their Unique Collaboration – Contenders International

‘Beautiful Beings’ Duo Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson & Sturla Brandth Grøvlen Expand Their Unique Collaboration – Contenders International

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s coming-of-age drama Beautiful Beings debuted in the Panorama section at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Europa Cinemas Label award. The film has also been selected as Iceland’s entry for the 2023 Oscars. The film follows Addi, a teenage boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, who adopts a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits and begins to experience…