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 |