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| Ingvar Sigurdsson | ... | Older Grímur (as Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson) | |
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Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir | ... | Woman in reception |
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Ruth Olafsdottir | ... | Linda |
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Steinunn Harðardóttir | ... | Svava |
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Borghildur Thors | ... | Woman in a window |
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Áslákur Ingvarsson | ... | Young Grímur |
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Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir | ... | Lára |
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Helga Braga Jónsdóttir | ... | Guðbjörg |
| Snæfríður Ingvarsdóttir | ... | Gottína | |
| Kristbjörg Kjeld | ... | Álfrún | |
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Thórey Sigthórsdóttir | ... | Thóra, Grimur's mother |
| Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir | ... | Anna | |
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Marta Nordal | ... | Woman at the exhibition |
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Elís Philip William Scobie | ... | Young Tumi |
| Björn Hlynur Haraldsson | ... | Indriði | |
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A 40-year-old is hiding in a self-made prison of mundane life. The film opens as he finally becomes resolved to dare gaze at and come to terms with someone's totally different life. His unthinkable past. He turbulently sheds the cobwebs to find that light and happiness have been awaiting him. And this potentially cold cinematic knock on life's door becomes a defiantly uplifting work of art. Written by IFC
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childhood | female nudity | old lady | nude painting | female frontal nudity |Taglines:
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1 January 2004 (Iceland) See more »Also Known As:
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EUR2,200,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Old Icelandic believes and superstitions are not, as a previous reviewer has alleged, the main plot or part of the story told in this film. They are rather used as a medium of telling a tale of an old tragedy mixed with a present day love story, a story of a tragedy survivor conquering his past. Truly premonitions are not an uncommon superstition in Iceland but unfortunately neither are tragedies such as the one that befalls.
Its a dark and gloomy film with a well fitting soundtrack; all to add on to the viewers experience of the plot lines happenings. Sure it may seem a little slow in todays day and age, it is nothing like Die Hard 4,5 or 6 except for the out of character and completely unrelated to Icelandic superstition; the flying Witch.