QUAKE

SKJÁLFTI

By Tinna HRAFNSDÓTTIR

ALIEF - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2021

Repressed memories that Saga unconsciously blocked as a child suddenly start to come back, revealing the truth about her past.

Festivals
& Awards

Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2021
Waves
Toronto - TIFF 2021
Tiff Selects
Tromso IFF 2022
Goteborg IFF 2022
Santa Barbara IFF 2022
Nordic Competition
Cleveland IFF 2022
Seattle IFF 2022
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, Thriller, Book adaptation
    • Countries
    • ICELAND
    • Languages
    • ICELANDIC
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Tinna HRAFNSDÓTTIR
    • Producer(s)
    • Hlín JÓHANNESDÓTTIR (Ursus Parvus)
    • Synopsis
    • Saga, a single mother, gets hit by a fierce epileptic attack walking in a public park with her six-year-old son resulting in a total memory loss. Afraid of being considered unable to take care of her son, Saga attempts to hide her state from others. As she struggles to gather bits and pieces from her forgotten life, repressed memories that Saga unconsciously blocked as a child suddenly start to come back, revealing the truth about herself and her past.