Karitas is a single mother of four who desperately tries to make ends meet. Fighting a losing battle with her ex-husband for custody over her three daughters, she is oblivious to what’s going on with her twelve year old Gudmund, a victim of brutal bullying at school and whose life is on the fast track to destruction. Gudmund’s only friend in the world is Marinó, a schizophrenic in his fourties who lives with his mother in the same apartment building. When Marinó realizes that his mother has secretly been dating a stranger, Marinó starts to lose grip on reality.

Börn er kvikmynd eftir Ragnar Bragason frumsýnd árið 2006 sem er sköpuð í samvinnu við leikara úr leikhópnum Vesturport. Vinnuaðferðin við gerð myndarinnar var óhefðbundin á þann hátt að ekki var notast við hefðbundið kvikmyndahandrit, heldur spunnu leikarar leiktexta sinn fyrir framan myndavélina. Börn er fyrri hluti tvíleiks, seinni hlutinn Foreldrar var frumsýnd árið 2007

Die Hauptpersonen von Ragnar Bragasons eindringlichem Sozialdrama sind keine Helden. Im Gegenteil: Sie sind das, was man wohl als Loser bezeichnet. Eine alleinerziehende Mutter mit vier Kindern. Ein zwielichtiger Schläger. Ein gehänselter Junge, dessen einziger Freund der schizophrene Nachbar ist.

　　三组人物，同样包裹着复杂难解的亲情习题：活在母亲阴影下的自闭男子；面临前夫强争孩子抚养权的单亲妈妈；以及只会以拳头解决一切的痞子男，突发奇想要去找寻被他遗弃的孩子；看似毫不相关的他们，渐渐浮现错综复杂的关联。结局出乎意料，黑白影像震撼人心，展现难得一见、来自北国冰岛的创作能量。

　　·该片是冰岛籍导演Ragnar Bragason和新成立的Vesturport之间的首次合作。

　　·官方代表冰岛参加2007年奥斯卡最佳外语片大奖的提名竞争。