Magnús

Magnús is a tragicomic, deeply human film by Þráinn Bertelsson about a middle-aged lawyer who learns that he is seriously ill. Faced with his own mortality, he begins to re-examine his life, his family ties and the values he has lived by. With black humour, warmth and a keen eye for everyday Icelandic life, the film portrays the existential crisis of a man who suddenly wakes up to what really matters. María Ellingsen played the dramatic Edda, teenage daughter of Magnús, who was played by Egill Ólafsson.