A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect with his inner elf. Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on the Icelandic coast for over seventy years. Her love of books is matched by his love of stones. When he tells her he wants to change his name to Elf she warns him that the family will reject him. Now, as his one hundredth birthday nears and Trausti senses the hand of death upon him, he is searching for an elf’s coffin…
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Producer
Hlín Ólafsdóttir
Director
Jón Bjarki Magnússon
Producer
Jón Bjarki Magnússon
Director of Photography
Jón Bjarki Magnússon
Editorial Consultant
Sigurður Eyþórsson
Editor
Jón Bjarki Magnússon
dying and deathfuneralelvesbirthdaygrandfathericelandagingrelationshipgrandmotherfolklorevisual anthropology