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Feature film — 1993

The Sacred Mound (1993)

5.31h 24mDrama

A seven-year-old boy is sent to a farm on a remote island, when his mother goes abroad. On the island the boy gets to know a twenty-year-old woman who seems willing to take on a mother's role. But the boy is reaching an age of sexual awareness and instead of regarding her as a mother figure; he falls obsessively in love with her.

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A high-signal pick with 13 votes.

SF Studios / Svenska Filminstitutet / Nordisk Film & TV Fond / F.I.L.M. / SVT / FilmTeknik / Viking Film

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Director: Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

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Cast & crew

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Steinþór Rafn Matthíasson

Gestur

A

Alda Sigurðardóttir

Helga

Helgi Skúlason as Helga's Father

Helgi Skúlason

Helga's Father

T

Tinna Finnbogadóttir

Kolla

Valdimar Örn Flygenring as Hjalmtyr

Valdimar Örn Flygenring

Hjalmtyr

Agneta Prytz as Gestur's Grandmother

Agneta Prytz

Gestur's Grandmother

Edda Björgvinsdóttir as Gestur's Mother

Edda Björgvinsdóttir

Gestur's Mother

Arne Nyberg as

Arne Nyberg

A

Aldís Aðalbjarnardóttir

A

Andri Garðar Reynisson

A

Anna S. Karlsdóttir

A

Arna Björg Jónasdóttir

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