Ikingut

Ikingut

2000 · 84 min · ★ 7.2 · Family, Adventure, Drama

In the middle ages a small Greenlandic boy comes drifting with an Iceberg to a remote and superstitious settlement in Iceland and is believed to be an evil spirit by his looks. He saves a young boy from an avalanche and they become friends. The young Icelandic boy has to fight for his friends existence against the ignorant villagers, who want him imprisoned or even killed

Directed by Gísli Snær Erlingsson · Written by Jon Steinar Ragnarsson

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