Strákarnir okkar (2005)

Director:

Róbert I. Douglas

Writer:

Róbert I. Douglas (writer)

Release Date:

2 September 2005 (Iceland)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

The beautiful game just got prettier

Plot:

The star player of Icelands top football team causes a stir when he admits to being gay to his team...

Plot Keywords:

Gay Interest | Gay Society | Gay | Iceland | Pride

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Björn Hlynur Haraldsson	...	Ottar Thor
Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir	...	Gugga
Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson	...	Magnus
Helgi Björnsson	...	Pétur
Sigurður Skúlason	...	Eiríkur
Þorsteinn Bachmann	...	Georg
Björk Jakobsdóttir	...	Lára
Pattra Sriyanonge	...	Goth Girl
Marius Sverrisson	...	Starri
Damon Younger	...	Brósi
Nanna Ósk Jónsdóttir	...	Samsidanith (Sigga)
Hilmar Jonsson	...	Viktor Ingi
Pétur Einarsson	...	Björgvin
Felix Bergsson	...	Dómari
Erlendur Eiríksson	...	Alfreð

Also Known As:

Eleven Men Out (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language.

Runtime:

Canada:85 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Iceland | Finland | UK

Language:

Icelandic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:12 | Iceland:14

Filming Locations:

Reykjavík, Iceland

Company:

The Icelandic Filmcompany

Quotes:

Georg: So you are seriously telling me you are all gay?
Pétur: Yes this is the gay team from the south.
Georg: That's so interesting. We like to think of ourselves as quite liberal in this village, we even run a multicultural center... my wife runs it, it's called Café Cambodia. It has Kareoki.

Funny film from Iceland

It's been a long time since we've had a genuinely funny film here in Iceland. Been to dramatic over the last years. This film is first and foremost a feel-good and light affair about a star football player that comes out of the closet and the way he and his family deal with it. It's not the old story of somebody coming out and having huge problems with it, the main character here seems to have no problems with his gay life and it's more his teammates and most notably his teenage son and ex-beauty queen wife that have some unclear issues about him being gay. The film decides to take the humorous road and it's refreshing to see a film about gay themes that does not take itself too seriously. It does have it's dramatic moments, but the drama/comedy is a nice blend and the film makers manage to do this very well. The director has been very popular here in Iceland with his earlier films but has yet to do anything notable outside of Iceland, this seems to be the film that might get him noticed abroad, let's hope so anyway.