A Letter from Helga

A Letter from Helga
Film poster
Icelandic	Svar við bréfi Helgu
Directed by	Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
Screenplay by	Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir Ottó Geir Borg Bergsveinn Birgisson
Produced by	Birgitta Björnsdóttir Skúli Fr. Malmquist
Starring	Hera Hilmar Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson Anita Briem Björn Thors
Cinematography	Jasper Wolf
Edited by	Antti Reikko
Production companies	Vintage Pictures Zik Zak Filmworks
Release date	5 September 2022 (2022-09-05) (Iceland)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Iceland Netherlands Estonia
Language	Icelandic

A Letter from Helga (Icelandic: Svar við bréfi Helgu) is a 2022 Icelandic film written and directed by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

A Letter from Helga is a drama set in a remote fjord in 1940's Iceland, where a young farmer Bjarni begins an affair with his neighbour Helga.^[7] It is based on a short novel of the same name by Bergsveinn Birgisson.^[8]

At the 2023 Edda Awards, Anita Briem and Björn Thors won Supporting Actress and Actor of the Year, respectively, for their roles in the film.^[9]

References

1. Grettisson, Valur (5 September 2022). "The Human State Is Epic: "Reply To A Letter From Helga," is now a feature film". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
2. "A Letter from Helga". Icelandic Film Centre.
3. Kermode, Jennie (17 March 2023). "A Letter From Helga". Eye for Film.
4. Taylor, Meredith (20 November 2022). "A Letter from Helga (2022) Tallinn Film Festival 2022". Filmuforia.
5. Fulton, Claire (8 March 2023). "A Letter From Helga: Glasgow Review". Loud And Clear.
6. "A Letter From Helga (2022) aka Svar við bréfi Helgu". Kvikmyndapod (Podcast). 23 February 2024.
7. "Svar við bréfi Helgu (with English subtitles)". RÚV.
8. "Icelandic Love Stories: There Is Nothing Simple About The Icelandic Love Story". The Reykjavík Grapevine. 3 October 2022.
9. "Úrslit Eddunnar 2023". Edda Awards (in Icelandic). 19 March 2023.

External links

• A Letter from Helga at IMDb