Ikíngut

İkingut
Directed byGísli Snær Erlingsson
Written byJon Steinar Ragnarsson
StarringHjalti Rúnar Jónsson, Hans Tittus, Nakinge, Pálmi Gestsson
Release date
  • 2000 (2000)
Running time
90 min
CountriesIceland, Denmark, Norway
LanguagesIcelandic, Greenlandic

Ikíngut is a movie that was released in 2000.

The word means "Friend" in the native language[1] and it is also a name given to children.[2]

Synopsis

The film tells an extraordinary story of friendship. In the 19th century, a small Eskimo boy living in Greenland reaches a remote village in Iceland on a broken iceberg. He meets a young boy named Buas, who is from a family in the village, and, by chance, saves him from the falling avalanche. The two kids become friends. People of the village, however, are superstitious; they believe that the awkward-looking Ikingut (named after the first word he uses) is an evil spirit.[3] Therefore, Buas has to fight for his friend against those who want him to be imprisoned or even killed.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ikíngut - Nordic Names". www.nordicnames.de. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  2. ↑ "User-submitted name Ikíngut - Behind the Name". www.behindthename.com. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  3. ↑ Ikingut (2000). Retrieved 2026-03-23 – via letterboxd.com.
  4. ↑ "BBC - Films - review - Ikingut". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  5. ↑ "Ikingut". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  6. ↑ "Ikingut - CinemaZone.dk - et filmmagasin i bredformat". www.cinemazone.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-10-03.