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OT: Sódóma Reykjavík
Óskar Jónasson // Iceland, 1992
Fiction Feature // FF2011
Story
Axel drives a big American car, works at a petrol station and lives in a small room in his mother’s flat. His sister Mæja has lots of friends and loves going to nightclubs and parties. One day she accidentally takes the remote control her mother needs for watching tv with her. When Axel follows her to retrieve it, he experiences Reykjavik’s nightlife at its worst. He becomes involved with ruthless criminals, breaks into the sleaziest nightclub, drives way over the speed limit, kidnaps people and is kidnapped himself.
Director
Óskar Jónasson (*1963) became known in Germany with his thriller Reykjavík - Rotterdam, which was the Icelandic Oscar® entry in 2009.Info
Sódóma Reykjavík
Fiction Feature
Icelandic
Island Deluxe//FF2011
Iceland
1992
90 min
OV
Óskar Jónasson
Óskar Jónasson
Eggert Thorleifsson, Björn Jörundur Fridbjörnsson, Helgi Björnsson, Margrét H. Gústavsdóttir
Jón Ólafsson
Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson
Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Sigurjón Kjartansson
Moli ehf., Skífan; Íslenska Útvarpsfélagið