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Close-up on a woman and a man in black and white. She is looking at him concerned as he looks down at the ground.

O [short film]

  Rúnar Rúnarsson

  Iceland, Sweden     20 minutes

Synopsis

A lonely man struggles to hide his alcohol addiction during an important reunion with an estranged loved one. A naturalistic and unflinching glimpse into one man’s inner turmoil, this stark and intimate portrait is told with profound humanity.

This film screens as part of the Dramatic Shorts: Talk To Me program.

  

 Icelandic with subtitles

Film Credits

  •   Heather Millard, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Siri Hjorton Wagner
  •   Rúnar Rúnarsson
  •   Jón Már Gunnarsson, Rúnar Rúnarsson
  •   Sophia Olsson
  •   Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
  •   Kjartan Sveinsson
  •   Jenny Luukkonen, Valentina Chamorro Westergardh, Claudia Hausfeld, Þórður Jónsson, Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir, Mike Downey
  •   Compass Films, Halibut, [sic] Film, Film I Vast, SVT

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