Children (Icelandic: Börn ()) is a 2006 Icelandic film. Highly acclaimed, the film won several Edda Awards, and was also submitted as Iceland's official entry to the Academy Awards foreign film section. The film is set in the Breiðholt suburb of ReykjavÃÂk, and portrays a grittiness in stark contrast to the tourist-friendly portrayal of the Icelandic capital.
The sequel Parents was released in 2007.
The plot centers around single nurse KarÃÂtas (NÃÂna Dögg Filippusdóttir), her son, Guðmundur (Andri Snær Helgason), who only plays with a schizophrenic family friend, Marino (ÃÂlafur Darri ÃÂlafsson), and criminal father Garðar (GÃÂsli ÃÂrn Garðarsson) and his conflicts which led to the near death beating of twin brother Georg.
KarÃÂtas lives in a housing project in Fell (Upper-Breiðholt), ReykjavÃÂk and is struggling to take care of her children with her ex-husband trying to take custody of her kids. Garðar (GÃÂsli ÃÂrn Garðarsson), who is struggling to wanting to change from his criminal life lives in Lower-Breiðholt and decides it's time to try and connect with his son. But, when he tries to change he realizes it can be harder than he thinks.