Sparrows is a coming-of-age story about the 16-year old boy Ari, who has been living with his mother in Reykjavik and is suddenly sent back to the remote Westfjords to live with his father Gunnar. There, he has to navigate a difficult relationship with his father, and he finds his childhood friends changed. In these hopeless and declining surroundings, Ari has to step up and find his way.
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Croatia
Year: 2015
Running time: 99'
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Cinematography: Sophia Olsson
Editing: Jacob Schulsinger
Music: Kjartan Sveinsson
With: Atli Óskar Fjalarsson, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir, Rade Serbedzija
Produced by: Mikkel Jersin, Rúnar Rúnarsson. Nimbus Iceland, Nimbus Film, Halibut Co-produzione: Pegasus Pictures, Mp Film Con il sostegno di: Icelandic Film Centre, Danish Film Institute, Danish Film Fund, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Croatian Audiovisual Centre
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