A very sad but genuinely human story. The middle-aged Icelandic woman Loa is seriously mentally ill. Read More »
Tag Archives: Iceland
Godland / Vanskabte land (2022) Hlynur Pálmason
At the end of the 19th century, a young Danish priest is sent to a remote part of Iceland. Read More »
Hin helgu vé / The Sacred Mound (1993) Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
On a small island in the west of Island, Gestur, only seven years old, falls in love with 20 years old Helga. Read More »
Cold Fever (1995) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens
Hirata finds himself canceling his vacation plans to Hawaii when his grandfather reminds him of his duty to his parents. Read More »
Brave Men’s Blood / Borgríki 2 (2014) Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, Darri Ingolfsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Ingvar Sigurdsson
In order to take down a major criminal organization, the ambitious head of the internal affairs Read More »
The Honour of the House (1999)
A hypocritical and selfish older sister holds power over her younger Read More »
Volcano (2011) Eldfjall – Rúnar Rúnarsson
Hannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife Read More »
Life in a Fishbowl / Vonarstræti (2014) Baldvin Zophoníasson, Hera Hilmar, Thor Kristjansson, Þorsteinn Bachmann
Three tales of three people who have a lasting effect on one another. Read More »
Devil’s Island / Djöflaeyjan (1996) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Baltasar Kormákur, Gísli Halldórsson, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Djoflaeyjan takes place in Reykjavik in the years following World War II. Read More »
Mamma Gógó (2010) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Gunnar Eyjólfsson
Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. Read More »