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PITY THE LOVERS (VESALINGS ELSKENDUR)
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Completed - ICELANDIC - Romance, Drama, Comedy - 105 minutes

Log Line

Two brothers longing for love but lousy at relationships and seemingly doomed to stay single try to deal with the situation, each in his own way.

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Maximilian HULT
Writer(s) : Maximilian HULT
Cast : Bjorn THORS, Sara Dögg ÁSGEIRSDÓTTIR, Edda BJÖRGVINSDÓTTIR, Joel I SAEMUNDSSON, Hafdis Helga HELGADOTTIR, Þóra Karitas ÁRNADÓTTIR, Álfrún Helga ÖRNÓLFSDÓTTIT

Producer(s) : Anna g MAGNÚSDÓTTIR (LITTLEBIG PRODUCTIONS), Anders GRANSTRÖM (LittleBig Productions)

Synopsis

Oskar and Maggi are two brothers, longing for love but seemingly doomed to stay single. Oskar shies from relationships but is secretly in love with his childhood sweetheart Anna, engaged to another and safely out of reach. Maggi on the other hand is overly eager and goes from one relationship to another, hoping for eternal love each time. A film about the complexity of human relations and the searching for love.

Production

Country(ies) : SWEDEN, ICELAND

Festivals and Awards

Gothenburg (GIFF) 2019 (Nordic Comedy)
Seattle 2019 (Contemporary World Cinema)
GFF Glasgow 2020 (Nordic section)
Victoria VFF 2020 (Comedy)


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