
A coming-of-age story about the 16-year old boy Ari, who has been living with his mother in Reykjavik and is suddenly sent back to the remote Westfjords to live with his father Gunnar. There, he has to navigate a difficult relationship with his father, and he finds his childhood friends changed. In these hopeless and declining surroundings, Ari has to step up and find his way.... (Full plot summary below)
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A coming-of-age story about the 16-year old boy Ari, who has been living with his mother in Reykjavik and is suddenly sent back to the remote Westfjords to live with his father Gunnar. There, he has to navigate a difficult relationship with his father, and he finds his childhood friends changed. In these hopeless and declining surroundings, Ari has to step up and find his way.
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| Cinemanía (Spain)Carlos MarañónA film that truly manage to show that failure can unite people. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonWhat marks Rúnarsson's film out from so many similar coming-of-age film is its strong sense of place and the inner strength of his central character. |
| El Mundo (Spain)Luis MartínezThe intention of this film is to show the dirty aspects of a perfect society in a broken and cold way. [Full review in Spanish] |
| La JornadaCarlos BonfilRúnar Rúnarsson sets his story in a social climate of hostility, where sexual initiation is strongly linked to the macho swagger, and where the young educated in the city will feel rejected. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Cinema ScopeMax GoldbergIn spite of its artfully slow pace Sparrows is bustling with cliché. |