
Rising Moon
2020, Icelandic. Directed by Lýður Árnason.
Two brothers disagree about their mother heritage. The older brother has a lot of children but no money, he is living in his mothers house in a small sea village with his wife and four children. The younger brother has no children but a lot of money. He is living in the city with his unsatisfied wife who desparetly wants a child but cannot. When the older brother wife unexpectly gets pregnant it appears like the perfect solution. The younger brother brings the older one a proposal to adopt the unborn child but instead the older brother can keep the heritage. The older brother and his wife accepts the proposal. When their youngest daughter discovers this she gets very disappointed and makes an effort to destroy the agreement. Soon she finds out that she is not alone in her actions, her newly dead grandmother is still around, ready to help her.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Icelandic
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- Released
- 1 August 2020
- Original title
- Vaxandi tungl
- Country
- Iceland
- Written by
- Lýður Árnason
- Budget
- $330K
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Rising Moon runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Rising Moon isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 August 2020. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Rising Moon?
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Who directed Rising Moon?
Rising Moon (2020) was directed by Lýður Árnason and stars Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir, Pálmi Gestsson, Rakel Dimar.