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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 is oblivious to what’s going on with her twelve year old 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 fourties who lives with his mother in the same apartment building. When Marinó realizes that his mother has secretly been dating a stranger, Marinó starts to lose grip on reality.
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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 is oblivious to what’s going on with her twelve year old 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 fourties who lives with his mother in the same apartment building. When Marinó realizes that his mother has secretly been dating a stranger, Marinó starts to lose grip on reality.
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Genre:Drama
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Artbox, Köggull Filmworks, Vesturport
Cast
Ragnar Bragason
Director
Gísli Örn Garðarsson
Garðar/Georg
Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
Karítas
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Marino
Andri Snær Helgason
Guðmundur
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Addi
Lilja Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir
Katrín
Sigurður Skúlason
Gunnar
Theodór Júlíusson
Kærasti
Kristján Franklín Magnús
Hörður
Ellert Ingimundarson
Sigurður
Kristbjörg Kjeld
Kolbrún
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