Heartstone
2016 · Movie · 129 min · ★ 7.2 · 77% critics
In a remote Icelandic fishing village, two teenage friends spend a turbulent summer as one chases a crush and the other begins to question his feelings and identity. As the season fades and the landscape turns harsher, their bond is tested and they’re pushed to grow up faster than they expected.
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Details
- Original title
- Hjartasteinn
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-12-28
- Language
- IS
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (181 votes)
About
If you like intimate, emotionally heavy coming-of-age stories about friendship and sexuality in an isolated setting, this may land for you, similar to Of an Age or Boys; Not for you if you want light, fast-paced viewing.
Pros: tender coming-of-age focus; strong teen performances; striking rural setting | Cons: bleak tone; slow pacing; upsetting moments
Themes
- friendship
- iceland
- coming of age
- summer
- teenage boy
- first love
- lgbt
- lgbt teen
Awards & recognition
- Edda Award — Best Film · 2017
- European University Film Award · 2017
- Jeanne Moreau Prize · 2017
- Queer Lion · 2016
- European University Film Award · 2017 · nominated
Cast & crew
Baldur Einarsson
as Thór
Blær Hinriksson
as Kristján
Diljá Valsdóttir
as Beta
Katla Njálsdóttir
as Hanna
Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
as Hulda
Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson
as Sigurdur
Søren Malling
as Sven
Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir
as Thordis
Gunnar Jónsson
as Ásgeir
- JK
Jónína Þórdís Karlsdóttir
as Rakel
Directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson