Genres
Production Companies
Archer Street Productions
Hope & Glory Film Productions GmbH
Hope & Glory Pictures International
Hope & Glory Pictures
Det Danske Filminstitut
The Seagull's Laughter (Mávahlátur)
Sometimes it's not about whodunit... but why
Overview
Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or slighted her. She moves in with an aunt and socialist uncle: finding a new husband is high on her agenda, and she's mistrusted by Agga, a pre-teen who's our eyes and ears. The social order and Freyja are more complicated than they seem at first, and so may be her prospects. Class divisions, families ties, pride, the onset of puberty, and the power of Eros sliver the ice.
Key Crew
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Writer: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Producer: Kristín Atladóttir
Director of Photography: Peter Krause
Top Cast
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
Freyja
Ugla Egilsdóttir
Agga
Heino Ferch
Björn Theódór
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Magnús
Kristbjörg Kjeld
Grandmother
Edda Björg Eyjólfsdóttir
Dódó
Bára Lyngdal Magnúsdóttir
Dísa
Eyvindur Erlendsson
Grandfather
