Beautiful Beings

Addi, a boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys explore aggression and violence but also learn about loyalty and love. As the group’s behavior escalates towards life-threatening situations, Addi begins to experience a series of dreamlike visions. Can his newfound intuition guide him and his friends back to a safer path, or will they dive irrevocably into further violence?

Beautiful Beings is an energic childhood portrayal with confusing emotions and four incredible young actors. The film captures the rawness of youth, both the beauty and the brutality. Director Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson has previously made the critically acclaimed Heartstone (2016). Beautiful Beings had its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Europa Cinema’s Label award for best European film.