The Seagull's Laughter
Mávahlátur
Drama
Comedy
Sometimes it's not about whodunit... but why
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.
2001-10-20
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Cast
Director
Ágúst Guðmundsson
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir as Freyja
Heino Ferch as Björn Theódór
Hilmir Snær Guðnason as Magnús
Kristbjörg Kjeld as Grandmother
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir as Birna
Charlotte Bøving as Mette
Benedikt Erlingsson as Hilli
Arnar Jónsson as Sheriff
Gunnar Hansson as Dódó's fiance
Theodór Júlíusson as Þórður the policeman
Sigurður Skúlason as Jói Betu
Gunnar Helgason as Gauji Sígrenjandi