Movie Description

HeimÞrá: In Thrall to Home

(2018)

Overview

Doubting details of her mother’s deathbed story, a skeptical daughter drags her brother on a genealogical goose chase through the Canadian prairies to the remote Icelandic highland. Determined to prove her mother spun tall tales, Erika delves into a basement full of file boxes only to find that family history triggers her own obsessive curiosity. Holed up with stacks of diaries, letters and pictures, Erika becomes spellbound by her increasing sense of belonging to an unfolding story.

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Original TitleHeimÞrá: In Thrall to Home

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2018-02-06

Original Language

Runtime 00h 33m

Homepagehttps://www.erikamacpherson.com/the-film-heimr

Production CompaniesWinnipeg Film Group,The Manitoba Arts Council

Genres

  • Documentary