Movie

Corpus Camera

An older couple, Sigga and Runni, reveal funeral photos of their long-dead son who died tragically young. After thirty years, the photos still elicit painful differences between a grieving mother and her stoic husband; Rúna a housewife living in the harsh and isolated west fjords keeps funeral photos of a terrible family tragedy. For Rúna, they mark a profound event which forever changed her and which belong side by side with photos of weddings, confirmations and baptisms; Erlendur and his stepdaughter Úlfhildur, after nursing his wife through a long battle with cancer, use photography to record her on her deathbed, in peace at last. And Sigrún, morbidly fascinated with funerals and wakes, compulsively videotapes acquaintances' family funerals as a bulwark against her own fear of death. When she experiences death first hand however, her attitudes change.

Director

Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir

Director

Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson

Screenplay

Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson

Screenplay

Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir

Status

Released

Release date

02/04/1999

Original language

English