Summer Children
2017, Icelandic. Directed by Guðrún Ragnarsdóttir.
The siblings Eydis and Kari are only five and six years old when their parents' marriage breaks apart. As their mother struggles to find her footing following the divorce, they are sent temporarily to a countryside children's home. But the stay turns out to be longer than they had ever expected.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Icelandic
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- Released
- 24 February 2017
- Original title
- Sumarbörn
- Country
- Norway, Iceland
- Written by
- Attila Veres, Guðrún Ragnarsdóttir
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Summer Children runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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Summer Children isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 February 2017. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Summer Children?
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Who directed Summer Children?
Summer Children (2017) was directed by Guðrún Ragnarsdóttir and stars Joi Johannsson, Magnea Valdimarsdóttir, Kristjana Thors.