No Country for the Young Ones

No Country for the Young Ones

2012 · 12 min · ★ 7.0 · Mystery, Drama

Strýta is a story of two twelve year old boys, who live in a small town in the east of Iceland. Just outside of town is an abandon house and rumor has it, there is a gun there. The boys, having nothing better to do, decide to steal a car and take a journey to the abandon house to find the gun.

Directed by Freyr Árnason · Written by Freyr Árnason

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