The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar is not a happy man. His wants a baby of his own flesh and blood but it's not working out. When he finds out that his wife has been deceiving him all these years he decides it's time for a change. Einar is a stockbroker who is very successful at work but not in his personal life. For the last couple of months Einar has been living at a hotel waiting for his wife to realize the terrible mistake she made by throwing him out. Katrin Rose returns from Sweden where she has lived for eight years. In Iceland Katrin has an eleven-year-old son, brought up by his grandmother and now Katrin wants him back. Katrin gets a job as a dentist's assistant intending to make a fresh start but her troubled past catches up with her.
Acting
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson's restrained implosion as a man cracking from within.
Direction
Bragason's claustrophobic framing turns Reykjavík apartments into emotional prisons.
Director
Ragnar Bragason
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Bragason's 'Children' trilogy exploring Iceland's 2008 financial crash through family breakdown — this was the calm before the economic storm.
The hotel room scenes were shot in actual extended-stay hotels where Icelandic businessmen really did hide from their lives during the boom years.
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