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The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
Directed by Ágúst Guðmundsson
“Sometimes it's not about whodunit... but why”
Drama, Comedy · 1h 42m
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.
Cast
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
Freyja
U
Ugla Egilsdóttir
Agga
Heino Ferch
Björn Theódór
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Magnús
Kristbjörg Kjeld
Grandmother
E
Edda Björg Eyjólfsdóttir
Dódó
B
Bára Lyngdal Magnúsdóttir
Dísa
E
Eyvindur Erlendsson
Grandfather
G
Guðlaug Elísabet Ólafsdóttir
Ninna
S
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Kidda
D
Diljá Mist Einarsdóttir
Emilía
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Birna
Crew
- Director
- Ágúst Guðmundsson
- Writer
- Ágúst Guðmundsson
- Director of Photography
- Peter Krause
- Editor
- Henrik D. Moll
- Producer
- Kristín Atladóttir
Details
- Original title
- Mávahlátur
- Release date
- 2001-10-20
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- IS
- Spoken languages
- Icelandic
- Countries
- Denmark, Germany, Iceland, United Kingdom
- Production
- IsFilm, Archer Street Productions, Hope & Glory Film Productions GmbH, Hope & Glory Pictures International, Hope & Glory Pictures, Det Danske Filminstitut