Two seven years old boys ask God to fulfill their biggest wish and give them chewing gum. This film is based on a short story by Davíð Oddsson, the Prime Minister of Iceland 1991-2004.
Writing
Written by a sitting Prime Minister. Unhinged political side quest.
Direction
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson treats childhood absurdity with dead seriousness.
Director
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Davíð Oddsson ruled Iceland for 13 years while apparently moonlighting as a children's absurdist fiction writer.
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson was known for Viking sagas, making this his most unexpected pivot to seven-year-olds and bubblegum theology.
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