Directed by:
Hilmar OddssonScreenplay:
Hilmar OddssonCinematography:
Ottar GudnasonCast:
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Tómas Lemarquis, Arnmundur Ernst Backman, Björn Stefánsson, Pálmi Gestsson, Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir (more)Plots(1)
Middle-aged and disappointed, Jón (Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson) spends his days knitting and listening to the radio with his domineering elderly mother (Kristbjörg Kjeld) on their rural Icelandic farmstead. With his life overtaken with looking after his home and his mother’s needs, Jón’s isolated world is upended when she suddenly passes away. But having left him a series of instructions to follow upon her death, Jón sets out on a journey across Iceland to honour her final wishes – including being buried in Eyrarbakki, her home village. Strapping her into his Ford Cortina, and with the beloved (and scene-stealing) family dog Brezhnev in tow, Jón sets off on his strange odyssey. With his late mum still relentlessly nagging him from the back seat, he meets a variety of peculiar and charming strangers en route, and encounters some ghosts from his past too… (Tull Stories)
(more)Cast
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Tears of Stone (1995)
Noi the Albino (2003)
Solitude (2023)
Kristbjörg Kjeld
Iceland
Best movies:
The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
Driving Mum (2022)
Summerlight... and Then Comes the Night (2022)
Tómas Lemarquis
Iceland
Best movies:
Frau Ella (2013)
Noi the Albino (2003)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Arnmundur Ernst Backman
Iceland
Best movies:
Driving Mum (2022)
The Quiet Storm (2007)
A White, White Day (2019)
Björn Stefánsson
Best movies:
Let Me Fall (2018)
Driving Mum (2022)
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Pálmi Gestsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Angels of the Universe (2000)
Movie Days (1994)
Driving Mum (2022)
Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir
Iceland
Best movies:
Driving Mum (2022)
The Sea (2002)
Brave Men's Blood (2014)
Halldor Gylfason
Iceland
Best movies:
Driving Mum (2022)
101 Reykjavik (2000)
Mr. Bjarnfreðarson (2009)
Pétur Eggerz
Best movies:
Remote Control (1992)
Driving Mum (2022)
Magnus Olafsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Agnes (1995)
Children of Nature (1991)
Devil's Island (1996)
Harpa Arnardóttir
Iceland
Best movies:
Driving Mum (2022)
Higher Force (2008)
Örn Árnason
Iceland
Best movies:
Driving Mum (2022)
Mr. Bjarnfreðarson (2009)
The Wild Hunt (2009)
Kjartan Bjargmundsson
Best movies:
Tears of Stone (1995)
Noi the Albino (2003)
Driving Mum (2022)
Þorsteinn Gunnar Bjarnason
Best movies:
Rams (2015)
Driving Mum (2022)
Dorks & Damsels (2007)
Johann Sigurdarson
Iceland
Best movies:
Children of Nature (1991)
Tears of Stone (1995)
Woman at War (2018)