Englar alheimsins (Angels of the Universe)

‘Angels of the Universe’ is based on Einar Már Gudmundsson’s novel of the same name. It portrays the life of Paul, who suffers from schizophrenia, and the way people react to his illness. At first we see him with his family, childhood friends and the girl that he loves, and then we follow him into the psychiatric hospital. There we meet his colourful companions: Óli Beatle, who believes he has written all the Beatles’ songs and sent them to the band as telepathic messages; the sophisticated and erudite Viktor, who sometimes suddenly turns into Hitler; and Peter, Paul’s room-mate, who has freaked out on acid and thinks he wrote a doctorate about Schiller at a Chinese university.