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Tag Archives: Icelandic
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 »
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 »
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 »
Parents AKA Foreldrar (2007) Ragnar Bragason, Edda Arnljótsdóttir, Reine Brynolfsson, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. Read More »
The Beast AKA Eins og skepnan deyr (1986) Hilmar Oddsson, Edda Heidrún Backman, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Jóhann Sigurðarson
Helgi is a young man that dreams about becoming a writer and returns to his childhood home with his girlfriend Lára. Read More »
Brave Men’s Blood AKA 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 »