Grandpa gets humbled by a child. His response? Unhinged training montage energy.
An elderly man goes about his daily routine until his grandson shows up and is eager to play football with him. Their mismatch on the football pitch is quickly apparent, with the youngster running rings around his senior. The old man with a bruised ego and full of reminiscence of his youth begins to prepare for their next encounter.
Acting
Sigurður Skúlason's wounded pride is devastatingly relatable.
Direction
Arason packs a feature's worth of character into fifteen minutes.
Editing
The training montage cuts hit harder than they have any right to.
Director
Hannes Þór Arason
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Icelandic shorts often explore masculinity in crisis; this fits a national cinema obsessed with small humiliations.
The football scenes were shot in a single afternoon — Sigurður Skúlason actually took a fall that made the final cut.
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