DRIVING MUM

Á FERÐ MEÐ MÖMMU

By Hilmar ODDSSON

ALIEF - as SALES All rights, World

Black comedy - Completed 2022

A man tries to honour his mother’s dying wish to be buried in her home in a remote Icelandic village … by propping her up in the back seat of his car and driving her there.

Festivals
& Awards

Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2022
Grand Prix
Goteborg IFF 2023
Glasgow 2023
Shanghai 2023
TIFF Romania 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Black comedy
    • Countries
    • ICELAND
    • Languages
    • ICELANDIC, FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 112 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Hilmar ODDSSON
    • Writer(s)
    • Hilmar ODDSSON
    • Producer(s)
    • Hlín JÓHANNESDÓTTIR (URSUS PARVUS)
    • Synopsis
    • When Jon’s mother dies, the single most dominant person in his life passes away, his anchor is gone. Compelled to honour her last wish, he takes on a journey to bring the body across Iceland to her home village for the final rest. As they travel on, Jon’s whole existence obtains a new meaning.