101 Reykjavík (2000)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Baltasar Kormákur

Writers:

Hallgrímur Helgason (novel)
Baltasar Kormákur (writer)

Release Date:

1 June 2000 (Iceland)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

30° below zero, five hours of daylight, what else can you do but get wrecked

Plot:

Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing...

Plot Keywords:

New Year | Christmas | New Year's Eve | Porn | Lesbian

Awards:

9 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Victoria Abril	...	Lola
Hilmir Snær Guðnason	...	Hlynur
Hanna María Karlsdóttir	...	Berglind
Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir	...	Hófí
Baltasar Kormákur	...	Þröstur
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson	...	Marri
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson	...	Brúsi
Eyvindur Erlendsson	...	Hafsteinn
Halldóra Björnsdóttir	...	Elsa
Hilmar Jonsson	...	Magnús
Jóhann Sigurðarson	...	Páll
Edda Heidrún Backman	...	Kona Páls
Guðmundur Ingi Þorvaldsson	...	Ellert
Gunnar Eyjólfsson	...	Nágranni
Jónína Ólafsdóttir	...	Kona á Tryggingarm

Also Known As:

101 Reykjavik (France)
101 Rvk (Iceland) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Iceland | Denmark | France | Norway | Germany

Language:

Icelandic | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Italy:VM14 | Hungary:16 | Argentina:16 | Canada:18A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Singapore:(Banned) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:Not Rated | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Australia:MA (TV rating)

Company:

Blueeyes Productions

Trivia:

101 is the zip code for Reykjavik's town center, the oldest part of town, this part of town is home to Iceland's cultural elite.

Quotes:

Hlynur: [voice over] Why don't they show any porn in the morning? It's easy to get the rest up once your dicks up and about.

Soundtrack:

Um þig

Cold world

Iceland is a strange country, isolated from the rest of the world and with a strong sense of its traditional identity; but also affluent, liberal and with a reputation for hedonism. '101 Reykjavik', named after a district of its capital city famed for its nightclubs, takes a wry and jaundiced look at that society, viewing it through the perspective of Hlynur, a depressed, childish and insular young man living at home with his mother. Hlynur seems a very Icelandic sort of anti-hero, and the link between the nature of the characters and their place of abode gives this quirky comedy a distinctive and authentic feel, although it seems slightly surprising how much female attention the socially defective Hylnur is able to attract. There are more sophisticated movies out there, but '101 Rekjavik' is always entertaining and certainly worth watching, especially to anyone who's wondered what it really must be like to live in such a peculiar outpost of the western world.