The story takes place during one bright summer night and follows a group of young teenagers on a journey from innocence to adulthood. The main character is a timid boy who has a typical schoolboy crush on a girl his age, who happens to be a friend of his mate.
Direction
Rúnarsson's unflinching restraint—shows everything by showing almost nothing.
Cinematography
Midnight sun that turns beautiful into unbearable.
Acting
Fjalarsson's face: guilt written in real-time.
Director
Rúnar Rúnarsson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rúnarsson later expanded this into the feature 'Sparrows' (2015), returning to Icelandic adolescence.
The 'white nights' setting isn't just pretty—it's endemic to Nordic summer, where darkness never comes to hide anything.
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