Children of Nature

An elderly couple leave their retirement home to make one last journey back to their home in the Western Fjords.

Cast

Gísli Halldórsson

as Þorgeir

Sigríður Hagalín

as Stella

Baldvin Halldórsson

as Varðstjóri

Björn Karlsson

as Drukkinn maður

Bruno Ganz

as Engill

Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir

as Kona um nótt (as Bryndís Petra Bragadóttir)

Egill Ólafsson

as Lögregluþjónn

Eiríkur Guðmundsson

as Línumaður

Guðbrandur Gíslason

as Director

Hafliði Magnússon

as Foreman

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