Beautiful Beings

When a teenage boy accepts a bullied outsider into his gang of outcasts, he has no idea that he is setting off a series of dreamlike visions.

Berdreymi
Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Czechia 2022
  • Czech
123 min.
15+
  • This film is available in the following territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
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Following his debut Heartstone (2016), which took home nearly forty festival awards, Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson is back with another unsettling yet highly sensitive drama about the dark side of adolescence. The main protagonist of his new film is 14-year-old Addi, whose daily routine involves violence and aggression among children. The combative young boy decides to take a bullied classmate under his wing and introduces him to his gang of two other friends. They are all stronger than newcomer Balli, but they also have their own demons to fight. Guðmundsson once again shows his ability to depict the world of juveniles with all its beauties and cruelties, and again works with an excellent cast of actors.

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Credits
Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Screenplay: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Cinematography: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen
Music: Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Sound: Jan Schermer, Björn Viktorsson
Editing: Andri Steinn Guðjónsson, Anders Skov
Production Design: Hulda Helgadóttir
Producer: Anton Máni Svansson
Co-production: Jeroen Beker, Caroline Ljungberg, Jesper Morthorst, Peter Possne, Lise Orheim Stender, Pavel Strnad, Linda van der Herberg, Nima Yousefi
Costumes: Helga Rós Hannam
Cast: Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Viktor Benóný Benediktsson, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson, Aníta Briem, Ísgerður Gunnarsdóttir
Awards

Berlin International Film Festival

2022 – Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (Label Europa Cinemas)

La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival

2022 – Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (Grand Prix du Jury)

Taipei Film Festival

2022 – Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (Special Jury Prize)

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  • This film is available in the following territories: Czechia, Slovakia.