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Karitas is a single mother of four who desperately tries to make ends meet. Fighting a losing battle with her ex-husband for custody over her three daughters, she's oblivious to what's going on with her twelve year old son Gudmund, a victim of brutal bullying at school and whose life is on the fast track to destruction. Gudmund's only friend in the world is Marinó, a schizophrenic in his forties, who lives with his mother in the same apartment building. When Marinó realizes that his mother has secretly been dating a stranger, Marino starts to lose grip on reality. Gardar is an underworld enforcer who makes a mess at work and as a result his twin brother Georg is beaten up. Exiled both from the underworld and his family, Gardar has to make a fresh start in life. He decided to seek out his family, Gardar has to make a fresh start in life. He decided to seek out his son Gudmund whom he has never seen but the straight and narrow is a though path to follow. (Verleiher-Text)
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Kinder werden hier von der gleichen Krankheit ereilt wie viele andere ähnlich konstruierte Filme - dies ist ein Versuch, einen starken Moment der Katharsis in einer frei verzweigten Geschichte aufzufinden, die alles umdreht. Und zum großen Nachteil von Bragasons Film zielen seine Bemühungen auf einen positiven Schluss ab. Was auf dem Papier durchdacht erscheinen mag, mutet im Film unwahrscheinlich wenn nicht gar und sogar komisch unglaublich. Dort, wo dem Film Kinder Offenheit gut tun würde, haben wir eine kaum erdenkliche Pointe, die ganz eindeutig den Pfeiler des Films untergräbt - nämlich die Charaktere. Sofern sie nämlich bislang als angenehm ambivalente, unschematische anmuteten, so werden aus ihnen dank dem Höhepunkt uneinfühlsam passive Fußsoldaten in einem durchkalkulierten Drehbuchspiel. Aus Erwachsenen werden im ungünstigsten Moment zu unmündige Kinder.
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Children certainly have their own special Scandinavian qualities full of gloomy moments and depressive black and white shots, but I must admit that I was bothered by the very idea of the film. Due to the lack of a script, the characters here kind of stumble around, have normal dialogues, and actually not much happens for quite a while. As much as I love Iceland, I was quite bored here.
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