Driving Mum

Jon is a man living with his mother in Iceland. The film is set in the nineteen eighties. His mother stands at the centre of his life. One day she dies. With her death Jon loses what he leaned on. She had left one last wish. She wants to be buried in the village where she was born. Eyrarbakki is far away. Jon decides to carry out the wish. He props his mother up on the back seat of the car. He sets off. The family dog Bresnef comes along. He meets a great many people on the way. He had never known that world before. The film is in black and white. Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson and Kristbjörg Kjeld appear in the one hundred twelve minute film, an Estonian and Icelandic production Hilmar Oddsson finished in 2022.