Story
Three stories about three people in Reykjavik: a writer, who as a young man wrote a bestseller and who has become an alcoholic after his divorce. A single mum who can’t get by on her salary as a kindergarten teacher and secretly goes on the game. And a former professional footballer who rises to become a big player at a bank and in doing so puts his family life and integrity on the line. Three destinies whose paths cross and form a gloomy panorama of Icelandic society on the eve of the financial crisis of 2008.
Director
Baldvin Z started out shooting commercials and music videos, before he had great success at festivals with his debut feature Jitters. Life in a Fishbowl, his second film, managed to push blockbusters like Godzilla and X-Men off the top spots on its release in Iceland.Trailer
Info
Vonarstræti
Fiction Feature
Icelandic
Eurovisuell,Michel//FF2014
Iceland
2014
130 min
OV with English subtitles
Baldvin Z
Baldvin Z, Birgir Örn Steinarsson
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Ingvar Þórðarson, Júlíus Kemp
Jóhann Máni Jóhannsson
Sigurbjörg Jónsdóttir
Ólafur Arnalds
Gunnar Pálsson
Films Boutique
The Icelandic Film Company/Kisi Production
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