Sparrows

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Sparrows

2015

1h 39m

Drama

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50+ Ratings

After moving in with his father in a rural town, a teenager must choose between telling the truth and protecting the people he loves.

Max Goldberg

Cinema Scope

In spite of its artfully slow pace Sparrows is bustling with clich.

Nov 29, 2017

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Luis Martínez

El Mundo (Spain)

The intention of this film is to show the dirty aspects of a perfect society in a broken and cold way. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Sep 9, 2016

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Carlos Marañón

Cinemanía (Spain)

A film that truly manage to show that failure can unite people. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Sep 5, 2016

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Carlos Bonfil

La Jornada

Rnar Rnarsson sets his story in a social climate of hostility, where sexual initiation is strongly linked to the macho swagger, and where the young educated in the city will feel rejected. [Full review in Spanish]

Mar 31, 2016

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Brian Roan

The Film Stage

Sparrows allows us an unsparing glimpse into a life we might never know ourselves.

Rated: B-

Feb 20, 2016

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

What marks Rnarsson's film out from so many similar coming-of-age film is its strong sense of place and the inner strength of his central character.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 5, 2015

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La tipica historia de padre e hijo narrada de forma austera y cautivante.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Be careful of this deceitful film. Ninety per cent of it is about a schoolboy who looks like a Michelangelo and sings divinely, his charming school kid friends, his wise grandmother and his immature rough-artist father who has to grow up as the boy is starting to grow up. You are sitting back enjoying the Icelandic scenery and quaint lifestyles. Then there is warning shot, literally, a scene of shooting a seal for sport - the shot seems to have missed, one hopes. Then the boy is sexually abused. Then his schoolgirl girlfriend is raped and duped like a fool. So the film leads you along thinking it is an intelligent piece and finishes by displaying voyeuristic child abuse. Half a star, for the beautiful seal. Minus many stars for the sexist, sly effort to get this kind of despicable pornography into mainstream cinema.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Rúnar Rúnarsson

Director

Rade Serbedzija

Tomislav

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson

Gunnar

Atli Oskar Fjalarsson

Ari

Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir

Kristjana

Pálmi Gestsson

Diddi

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Synopsis

After moving in with his father in a rural town, a teenager must choose between telling the truth and protecting the people he loves.

Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Producer: Mikkel Jersin, Rúnar Rúnarsson
Screenwriter: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Production Co: Nimbus Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 39m