The Sacred Mound (1993)

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Plot

A seven-year-old boy is sent to a farm on a remote island, when his mother goes abroad. On the island the boy gets to know a twenty-year-old woman who seems willing to take on a mother's role. But the boy is reaching an age of sexual awareness and instead of regarding her as a mother figure; he falls obsessively in love with her.

Cast

Steinþór Rafn MatthíassonGestur

Alda SigurðardóttirHelga

Helgi Skúlason

Tinna FinnbogadóttirKolla

Valdimar Örn FlygenringHjalmtyr

Arne Nyberg

Edda Björgvinsdóttir

Agneta Prytz

Writers and directors

Hrafn GunnlaugssonDirectorf. 1948

Other films by the same director

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Hvíti víkingurinn1991

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MoHA

When 7-year-old Gestur's mother goes abroad she sends him away to a farm in the country. There Gestur makes friends with Helga, a 20-year-old woman who in the beginning is more of a mother substitute.…25. Aug 2015

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