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The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
Directed by Ágúst Guðmundsson
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.
Length 102 minutes
Actors
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir | Ugla Egilsdóttir | Heino Ferch | Hilmir Snær Guðnason | Kristbjörg Kjeld | Edda Björg Eyjólfsdóttir | Bára Lyngdal Magnúsdóttir | Eyvindur Erlendsson | Guðlaug Ólafsdóttir | Sigurveig Jónsdóttir | Diljá Mist Einarsdóttir | Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir | Jónína Ólafsdóttir | Charlotte Bøving | Benedikt Erlingsson | Arnar Jónsson | Anna Kristín Arngrímsdóttir | Gunnar Hansson | Baldur Trausti Hreinsson | Guðmundur Ólafsson | Theodór Júlíusson | Sigurður Skúlason | Gunnar Helgason | Halldór Magnússon | Kjartan Ragnarsson | Jún Júlíusson | Valgeir Guðjónsson | Magnús Ragnarsson | Lísa Pálsdóttir | Bryndís Pétursdóttir