Indíana accuses immigrants of scrounging off the Icelandic state, while she lives on welfare. Pulled-back in her secluded garden, she has focused on tending her award-winning laburnum tree. When her only son pops up, along with his new Polish girlfriend, Indíana’s world of prejudice falls into pieces. Meanwhile, there is a mandate to remove all non-native flora, including her precious tree. A dark comedy of self-reflection that delves into xenophobia by raising all the poignant and necessary questions.
The Garden
Gullregn
61st TIFF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Ragnar Bragason
- Script: Ragnar Bragason
- Cinematography: Árni Filippusson
- Sound: Jacek Hamela
- Music: Mugison
- Actors: Sigrún Edda, Björnsdóttir Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Hallgrímur Ólafsson, Karolina Gruszka
- Production: Mystery Productions
- Producers: Davíð Óskar Ólafsson
- Co-production: Madants
- Co-producers: Beata Rzezniczek
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Iceland, Poland
- Production Year: 2020
- Duration: 115'
- Contact: David Oskar Olafsson david@mystery.is
Ragnar Bragason
Ragnar Bragason grew up in the village of Sudovik, Iceland, and started shooting short films while in college. His feature debut, Fiasco, which went on to win the Special Jury Prize at Cairo International Film Festival. His sophomore fiction feature film, Children, was bestowed the Golden Swan for Best Film at the Copenhagen Film Festival, as well as the Best Direction Award at the Transylvania Film Festival. Bragason has also directed several highly popular and successful series for the Icelandic TV.
Filmography
2000 Fiasco
2004 Love is in The Air (doc)
2006 Children
2007 Parents
2020 The Garden