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Children of Nature is a islandais film of genre Drama directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson released in USA on 1 august 1991 with Gísli Halldórsson

Children of Nature (1991)

Children of Nature
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Released in USA 1 august 1991
Length 1h22
OriginIslande
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating71% 3.590813.590813.590813.590813.59081

Children of Nature (Icelandic: Börn náttúrunnar) is a 1991 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 64th Academy Awards.

Synopsis

A man becomes too old to run his farm and he is made unwelcome in his daughter and son-in-law's urban dwelling. Dumped in a home for the elderly, he meets an old girlfriend from his youth, and they elope to the wilds of Iceland to die together.

Actors

Gísli Halldórsson

(Þorgeir)Bruno Ganz

(Engill)Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir

(Nurse)Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

(Taxi Driver)
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