Credited cast: | |||
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | ... | Leifur Sigurdarson | |
María Birta | ... | Æsa | |
Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir | ... | Sjöfn | |
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Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir | ... | Kristína |
Þorsteinn Bachmann | ... | Forsætisráðherra | |
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Helgi Björnsson | ... | Eiríkur |
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Rúnar Guðbrandsson | ... | Hrafnkell |
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Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir | ... | Guðbjörg |
Hafdís Helga Helgadóttir | ... | Björk | |
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Snorri Ásmundsson | ... | Antoníus |
Tanja Björk | ... | Anna (as Tanja Björk Ómarsdóttir) | |
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Monika Ewa Orlowska | ... | Anastasia |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Edda Arnljótsdóttir | ... | Sigrún |
Ævar Þór Benediktsson | ... | Haraldur meðferðarfulltrúi | |
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Þráinn Bertelsson | ... | Himself |
Leifur Sigurdarson, an unstoppable ladies man and alcoholic parliament member, is forced in rehab by his friend and boss, the Prime Minister of Iceland. But before he gets spanked in public, he invites his friends over for a gargantuan feast. During the party we get to know Leifur and the other characters in the movie as well as finding out about Leifur's, and his posse's, sordid past. Written by Kvikmyndir.is
Allegedly based on true circumstance, in which case a commentary on Icelandic political and social alcoholism and addiction - but certainly a study of humanity and hedonism - at once tragic and comic, delightfully insane and horribly sordid.
Engaging if you are not bent on linear plots, so much as total immersion into the artfully contrived flashbacks and blackouts of the enigmatic and grotesque protagonist as he parties hard all the way to the bottom. Edgy POV camera work, sharp editing and score evoke the decadent shenanigans of the political elite off the rails.
Well cast and acted and a little eccentric. The kind of film I for one love!