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Half Elf

Half Elf

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📜 Overview: A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect with his inner elf. Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on the Icelandic coast for over seventy years. Her love of books is matched by his love of stones. When he tells her he wants to change his name to Elf she warns him that the family will reject him. Now, as his one hundredth birthday nears and Trausti senses the hand of death upon him, he is searching for an elf’s coffin…
🌏 Languages Available: Icelandic
📆 Date Released: 2020-09-19
⌚ Running Time: 65 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

Beloved Cast

Trausti Breiðfjörð Magnússon original image
himself
Trausti Breiðfjörð Magnússon
Hulda Jónsdóttir original image
herself
Hulda Jónsdóttir

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