Heartstone (film) explained

Heartstone
Native Name:Hjartasteinn
Director:Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Cinematography:Sturla Brandt Gøvlen
Runtime:129 minutes
Country:Iceland
Language:Icelandic

Heartstone (Hjartasteinn) is a 2016 Icelandic drama film directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson.[1] It tells the story of a strong friendship between two preteen boys in a small Icelandic fishing village and the emotional and sexual turbulence of adolescence.[2]

It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] On 9 September 2016, the film won the Queer Lion at the 73rd Venice Film Festival.[4] It was the first Icelandic film to be shown in a competitive section of the Venice Film Festival.[5] It was also nominated for the 2017 Nordic Council Film Prize[6] and won the 2017 Icelandic Edda Awards.[7]

Cast

Production

The film is Guðmundur's first feature-length film and he began working on the script in 2007.[8] It was shot in the fall of 2015 in Borgarfjörður eystri, Seyðisfjörður, Vopnafjörður, and Dyrhólaey.[9] [10]

Reception

The film was well received in Iceland and won the 2017 Icelandic Edda Awards. The script, the dialogue, and the directing of young actors received praise. The cinematography by Sturla Brandt Gøvlen amplified Icelandic nature, with long shots of coastlines and fjords.

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 84% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 6.97/10.[11] On Metacritic, which assigns rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heartstone by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson wins an award in the Netherlands . Icelandic Film Centre . 7 September 2016 . 7 September 2016 . 24 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160924174433/http://www.icelandicfilmcentre.is/news/nr/3468 . dead .
  2. Web site: Heartstone – Venice Review. Rooney. David. 31 August 2016. The Hollywood Reporter. en. 7 December 2019.
  3. Web site: Heartstone . . dead . 14 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160914033853/https://www.tiff.net/films/heartstone/ . 7 September 2016 . 7 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Venezia 2016, i film in gara per il Queer Lion – Leone LGBT della Mostra . Cineblog . Blogo . Boni . Federico . 11 September 2016 . 11 September 2016.
  5. Web site: Heartstone becomes first Icelandic film to compete in Venice . Icelandic Film Centre . 14 September 2016 . 14 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161003161029/http://www.icelandicfilmcentre.is/news/nr/4140 . 3 October 2016 .
  6. Web site: Five Nordic Films Nominated for Nordic Council Film Prize 2017 . Annika . Pham . 22 August 2017 . 10 April 2018 . Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
  7. Web site: Hjartasteinn sigurvegari kvöldsins. Morgunblaðið. is. 7 December 2019.
  8. Web site: Hjartasteinn. Brynja Hjálmsdóttir. 30 January 2017. Morgunblaðið. is. Klapptré. 7 December 2019.
  9. Web site: Hjartasteinn fékk þrenn verðlaun í Varsjá. 18 October 2016. Vísir.is. 7 December 2019.
  10. Web site: Kvikmynd tekin upp á Borgarfirði keppir um verðlaun á stórri hátíð. Ásta Hlín Magnúsdóttir. 26 July 2016. Austurfrétt.is. is-is. 24 April 2019.
  11. Web site: Heartstone (2017) . Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. 13 September 2019.
  12. Web site: Heartstone Reviews . CBS Interactive. . 2 March 2018.

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