ECHO
by Rúnar Rúnarsson
synopsis
As Iceland gets ready for Christmas, a peculiar atmosphere settles over the country. An abandoned farm is burning, a children’s choir sings Christmas carols, chicken carcasses parade through a slaughterhouse, a museum employee is arguing on the phone, a young girl makes her mother try on her new virtual-reality headset… In 56 discrete scenes, Echo draws a portrait, both bitter and tender, of modern society.
international title: | Echo |
original title: | Bergmál |
country: | Iceland, France, Switzerland |
sales agent: | The Party Film Sales |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Rúnar Rúnarsson |
film run: | 79' |
release date: | CH 25/12/2019, FR 1/01/2020 |
screenplay: | Rúnar Rúnarsson |
cast: | Nadía Sif Líndal, Telma Huld Jóhannesdóttir, Patrik Nökkvi Pétursson, Ágúst Örn B. Wigum, Hera Matt, Hansel Eagle, Ahd Tamimi, Ragnar Jónsson, Jens Kristjan, Matthew McClain |
cinematography by: | Sophia Olsson |
film editing: | Jacob Secher Schulsinger |
art director: | Gus Olafsson |
costumes designer: | Júlíanna Lára Steingrímsdóttir |
music: | Kjartan Sveinsson |
producer: | Live Hide, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir |
co-producer: | Sarah Chazelle, Etienne Ollagnier, Jim Stark, Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal Zade |
executive producer: | Elli Cassata, Bo Ehrhardt, Birgitte Hald, Snorri Þórisson, Einar Sveinn Þórðarson |
associate producer: | Jasmine Hermann Naghizadeh |
line producer: | Elli Cassata |
production: | Nimbus Iceland, Pegasus Pictures, Jour2fête, Bord Cadre films |
backing: | Icelandic Film Centre (IS) |
distributor: | Xenix Filmdistribution Gmbh, Jour2fête |