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Box of Chocolate

201112mÞór Ómar Jónsson

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A young man has to go to the hospital for an operation. Upon his arrival he watches paramedics roll out a deceased person from the hospital room he is about to be checked in to. Lying in bed with nothing to do his mind starts to wander. He strikes up a conversation about life with an old man who paints a rather dark picture of what can happen during one’s stay in a hospital. The old man shares his ironic philosophy on life, causing him great anxiety. Will he make it out alive?

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What is Box of Chocolate (2011) about?

A young man has to go to the hospital for an operation. Upon his arrival he watches paramedics roll out a deceased person from the hospital room he is about to be checked in to. Lying in bed with nothing to do his mind starts to wander. He strikes up a conversation about life with an old man who paints a rather dark picture of what can happen during one’s stay in a hospital. The old man shares…

Who stars in Box of Chocolate?

Box of Chocolate stars Jón Páll Eyjólfsson (Young Man), Erlingur Gíslason (Old Man), Alexía Björg Jóhannesdóttir (Wife), Gunnar Jónsson (Nurse), Magnús Ragnarsson (Doctor). The film was directed by Þór Ómar Jónsson.

How long is Box of Chocolate?

Box of Chocolate has a runtime of 12 min and premiered in 2011.

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