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Corpus Camera (1999)
Directed by Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson
Documentary · 57m
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.
Crew
- Director
- Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson
- Screenplay
- Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson
- Director of Photography
- Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir
- Editor
- Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir
- Producer
- Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson, Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, Böðvar Bjarki Pétursson
Details
- Release date
- 1999-04-02
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- Iceland
- Production
- 20 Geitur