Half Elf
2020•1h 5m•10.0•Released
Documentary
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…
Director
Jón Bjarki Magnússon
Languages
Icelandic
Studio
SKAK bíófilm
Cast
Trausti Breiðfjörð Magnússon
himself
Hulda Jónsdóttir
herself
Production
Company
SKAK bíófilm
Company
Pandistan
Company
AllRitesReversed
Producer
Jón Bjarki Magnússon
Producer
Hlín Ólafsdóttir
Producer
Veronika Janatková
Producer
Andy Lawrence
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