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Tag Archives: Iceland
Devil’s Island AKA 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 »
The Girl Gogo AKA 79 af stöðinni (1962) Erik Balling, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Gunnar Eyjólfsson, Róbert Arnfinnsson
Ragnar has left his family farm and works as a taxi driver in Reykjavík in the early sixties. Read More »
White Whales AKA Skytturnar (1987) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Thorarinn Oskar Thorarinsson, Eggert Gudmundsson, Harald G. Haraldsson
Two friends, who are experienced whale hunters, decide to settle down in Reykjavik Read More »
Lamb AKA Dýrið (2021) Valdimar Jóhannsson, Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
Haunted by the indelible mark of loss and silent grief, sad-eyed María Read More »
Jar City AKA Mýrin (2006) Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
Örn’s daughter is dead because of a rare genetic disease. Read More »
Tears of Stone AKA Tár úr steini (1995) Hilmar Oddsson, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Ruth Olafsdottir, Winfried Wagner
Germany in the 1930s. Jón Leifs has a promising future when he falls in love with and marries a Jewish girl, Annie Riethof. Read More »
Stella For Office AKA Stella í framboði (2002) Guðný Halldórsdóttir, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Þórhallur Sigurðsson, Rúrik Haraldsson
Stella, the Icelandic housewife from Stella on Holiday, goes for office. Read More »
The Good Heart (2009) Dagur Kári, Paul Dano, Brian Cox, Bill Buell
After a suicide attempt, Lucas, a young homeless man in New York City, is taken in by Jacques Read More »
Noi the Albino AKA Nói albinói (2003) Dagur Kári, Tómas Lemarquis, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Elín Hansdóttir
Is he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi drifts through life Read More »
Children AKA Börn (2006) Ragnar Bragason, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Karitas is a single mother of four who desperately tries to make ends meet. Read More »
Dark Horse AKA Voksne mennesker (2005) Dagur Kári, Jakob Cedergren, Nicolas Bro, Tilly Scott Pedersen
A young man spurs romance and helps his friend and himself go through Read More »
A Little Trip to Heaven (2005) Baltasar Kormákur, María Fernández Ache, Kharl Anton Leigh, Peter Coyote
A husband and wife tangle with an investigator over her dead brother’s million-dollar insurance policy. Read More »
Either Way AKA Á annan veg (2011) Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Hilmar Guðjónsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Þorsteinn Bachmann
Set in the remote north of Iceland in the mid-1980s, Finn and Alfred Read More »