Give Us This Day (1997)
This one winter's day encapsulates a thousand years fishing and seamanship in Iceland. We gain an insight into an inner and outer world, where manual labour, man's beliefs in nature, Christianity, superstition and even magic are interwoven. We are questioned if we could imagine how this world of the rowing boat crew, wich reflects the ancient class-divided society, really looked like? How did they percive the nature around them, their God in this nature, it's unstable weather conditions, it's harshness when they go to sea to harvest its riches to make it possible for themselves as well as their nation to keep on living on the edge of the habitable world? Here we are face to face with the very foundation of fishing nation's culture.
Director: Erlendur Sveinsson
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 58 min
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Production: Kvikmyndaverstöðin ehf.
Country: Iceland
Language: Íslenska
Original Language: is
More Films by Director: Erlendur Sveinsson
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Give Us This Day about?
- This one winter's day encapsulates a thousand years fishing and seamanship in Iceland. We gain an insight into an inner and outer world, where manual labour, man's beliefs in nature, Christianity, superstition and even magic are interwoven. We are questioned if we could imagine how this world of the rowing boat crew, wich reflects the ancient class-divided society, really looked like? How did they percive the nature around them, their God in this nature, it's unstable weather conditions, it's harshness when they go to sea to harvest its riches to make it possible for themselves as well as their nation to keep on living on the edge of the habitable world? Here we are face to face with the very foundation of fishing nation's culture.
- Who directed Give Us This Day?
- Give Us This Day was directed by Erlendur Sveinsson.
- How long is Give Us This Day?
- Give Us This Day has a runtime of 58m (58 minutes).
- What genre is Give Us This Day?
- Give Us This Day is a Documentary film.
- Where was Give Us This Day produced?
- Give Us This Day was produced in Iceland.