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Director:
Óskar Jónasson
Writer:
Óskar Jónasson (writer)
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Release Date:
8 October 1992 (Iceland) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
Plot:
Since his mother wants to watch TV, Axel, a young auto-mechanic, must recover her remote control, accidentally taken by his punk sister Maja... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Reykjavík Rotterdam
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User Comments:
The greatest Icelandic comedy more (5 total)

Cast

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Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson ... Axel
Þórarinn Eyfjörð ... Flosi
Thorarinn Oskar Thorarinsson ... Vigfús
Helga Braga Jónsdóttir ... Símastúlka
Þóra Friðriksdóttir ... Mamma
Margrét Hugrún Gústavsdóttir ... Mæja
Sigurjón Kjartansson ... Orri
Soley Eliasdottir ... Unnur
Óttarr Proppé ... Hrólfur
Ari Matthíasson ... Þorbjörn
Erling Jóhannesson ... Arnar
Pétur Eggerz ... Sveinn
Helgi Björnsson ... Moli
Ólafur Guðmundsson ... Árni
Björn Karlsson ... Höddi Feiti
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Remote Control
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Runtime:
78 min
Country:
Iceland
Language:
Icelandic
Certification:
Iceland:12
Company:
Skífan more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Icelandic title is, literally, in English, "Sodom Reykjavik" more
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Features "Tom and Jerry" (1965) more

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28 out of 31 people found the following comment useful.
The greatest Icelandic comedy, 3 March 2004
10/10
Author: Bjarki Sigursveinsson from Akureyri, Iceland

Sódóma Reykjavík has become my all time favorite Icelandic movie. It may sound weird but somehow in its absurdity this movie strikes me as being real. Of course the story is ridicilous but the awkward conversations and the very imperfect characters do remind me of real people as opposed to the Hollywood heroes that always know the right things to say and do. It is a tribute to a whole generation of Icelanders and the attitudes towards life that are held by that generation. And of course this is a comedy and as such the funniest I've seen.

I do think that this movie is "too Icelandic" to be fully apreciated by foreigners, it is one made for the people of Iceland about the people of Iceland. If you are searching for the traditional "Icelandic tourist flick" where the magnificent Icelandic landscape is heavily used and the people are all like Björk and Sigur Rós, you should stay away from this picture because it is everything but that. It is one of the best descriptions of the people of Iceland I've seen though.

The english translation on the DVD sucks.

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