Title of film : A Letter from Helga
Director Name : Asa Helga Hjorleifsdottir
Cast & crew :
Producer : Birgitta Bjornsdottir,Skuli Malmquist
Editor : Antti Reikko
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Synopsis : In a remote fjord in 1940's Iceland, young farmer Bjarni begins a passionate, forbidden affair with his neighbor Helga, emotions running as wild as the ocean waves that surround them.
Director Bio : ÁSA HJÖRLEIFSDÓTTIR is an Icelandic writer and director, born in 1984 in Reykjavík. Ása completed a BA in Comparative Literature from the University of Iceland and La Sorbonne - Paris IV Université, and worked for a while as a book critic for the Iceland National Radio before she decided to move to New York City and pursue her true love, filmmaking. She graduated from the Columbia University Film MFA program in 2012. Ása has written and directed a number of short films, most notably Ástarsaga ("Love Story"), a 2013 finalist for a Student Oscar, and Þú og ég ("You and Me"). Her first feature film is the award-winning "The Swan". A Letter from Helga is her second feature.
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