Survival Therapy (1984)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 23M

Director : Hjalti Jón Sveinsson
Writer : Hjalti Jón Sveinsson

Synopsis

In recent years, various people working with "problem youths" have been experimenting with programmes that have come under the heading of "Survival Therapy". Among other things, the treatment involves exposure to a difficult environment. City kids are transferred from their traditional habitat to the desolate interior of the country where they have to tackle manifold problems. For instance, they plod long distances across rough terrain in all kinds of weather, carrying heavy rucksacks on their backs for several days. This documentary covers a tour by British and Icelandic youngsters of the Icelandic interior ruing the summer of 1983. The young people come from London, Bristol, Liverpool and Reykjavík. All are at odds with society and have records of drug abuse, delinquency and violence.

Actors

Crews

Hjalti Jón Sveinsson
Hjalti Jón Sveinsson
Director
Hjalti Jón Sveinsson
Hjalti Jón Sveinsson
Screenplay
Einar Bjarnason
Einar Bjarnason
Director of Photography
Guðmundur Bjartmarsson
Guðmundur Bjartmarsson
Editor
Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
Producer
Gunnar Þorsteinsson
Gunnar Þorsteinsson
Sound