Heartstone (film)

Heartstone
Film poster
Hjartasteinn
Directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Written by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Release date
  • 1 September 2016 (2016-09-01) (Venice)
  • 28 December 2016 (2016-12-28) (Iceland)
Running time
 129 minutes
Country Iceland
Language Icelandic

Heartstone (Hjartasteinn) is a 2016 Icelandic drama film directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson.[1] It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] On 9 September 2016, the film won the Queer Lion at the 73rd Venice Film Festival.[3] It was the first Icelandic film to be shown in a competitive section of the Venice Film Festival.[4] It was also nominated for the 2017 Nordic Council Film Prize.[5]

Cast

  • Baldur Einarsson as Þór/ Thor
  • Blær Hinriksson as Kristján/ Christian
  • Diljá Valsdóttir as Beta/ Beth
  • Katla Njálsdóttir as Hanna/ Hannah
  • Jónína Þórdís Karlsdóttir as Rakel
  • Rán Ragnarsdóttir as Hafdís
  • Søren Malling as Sven
  • Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir as Hulda
  • Gunnar Jónsson as Ásgeir
  • Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as Sigurður

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 84% based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10.[6] On Metacritic, which assigns normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Heartstone by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson wins an award in the Netherlands". Icelandic Film Centre. 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Heartstone". Toronto International Film Festival. 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Boni, Federico (11 September 2016). "Venezia 2016, i film in gara per il Queer Lion - Leone LGBT della Mostra". Cineblog. Blogo. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Heartstone becomes first Icelandic film to compete in Venice". Icelandic Film Centre. 14 September 2016. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Pham, Annika (22 August 2017). "Five Nordic Films Nominated for Nordic Council Film Prize 2017". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Heartstone (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Heartstone Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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