The Garden (2020 film)

The Garden
Poster
Directed byRagnar Bragason
Written byRagnar Bragason
Produced byDavíd Óskar Ólafsson
Starring
CinematographyÁrni Filippusson
Edited byMichal Czarnecki
Music byMugison
Distributed bySena
Release date
  • 10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) (Iceland)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryIceland
LanguageIcelandic

The Garden (Icelandic: Gullregn) is a 2020 Icelandic film written and directed by Ragnar Bragason.[1] It won the Edda Award for Best Film in 2020.[2]

Plot

Indiana lives in a lower-class apartment block. She has a beautiful tree, which unfortunately is foreign, so the environment department tells her it has to be removed.[3] She is falsely claiming disability pension for herself and her 39 year old son Unnar. Unnar gets a girlfriend Daniela, who is Polish, and Indiana is racist.[4] Indiana tries to sabotage the romance. Unnar is seen on TV after rescuing some tourists, apparently he is quite fit, and has to pay back the support payments. For Christmas dinner, Unnar brings his grandmother from the nursing home, and we learn of Indiana's strained relationship with her mother. Daniela has had enough of Indiana's control over her son, and ends the relationship.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Garden". Icelandic Film Centre.
  2. ^ "Edduverðlaunin 2020". Edda Awards. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Review: The Garden". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  4. ^ "The Outsiders: In 'Gullregn' ('The Garden'), Ragnar Bragason Tackles Xenophobia". The Reykjavik Grapevine. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2026.