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Woman at War

Original title: Kona fer í stríð
  • 20182018
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
9.9K
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Woman at War (2018)
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Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers.Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers.Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers.
IMDb RATING
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9.9K
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  • Director
    • Benedikt Erlingsson
  • Writers
    • Benedikt Erlingsson
    • Ólafur Egilsson
  • Stars
    • Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
    • Jóhann Sigurðarson
    • Juan Camilo Román Estrada
Top credits
  • Director
    • Benedikt Erlingsson
  • Writers
    • Benedikt Erlingsson
    • Ólafur Egilsson
  • Stars
    • Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
    • Jóhann Sigurðarson
    • Juan Camilo Román Estrada
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 49User reviews
    • 119Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 29 wins & 22 nominations

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    Davíð Þór Jónsson, Omar Gudjonsson, and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen in Woman at War (2018)
    Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir in Woman at War (2018)
    Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir in Woman at War (2018)
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    Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir and Margaryta Hilska in Woman at War (2018)
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    Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
    Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
    • Halla…
    Jóhann Sigurðarson
    • Sveinbjörn
    Juan Camilo Román Estrada
    • Juan Camillo
    • (as Juan Camillo Roman Estrada)
    Jörundur Ragnarsson
    Jörundur Ragnarsson
    • Baldvin
    Sólveig Arnarsdóttir
    • Mother of Sirrý
    Gunnar Bersi Björnsson
    Gunnar Bersi Björnsson
    • President's Bodyguard
    Helga Braga Jónsdóttir
    • Prison guard
    Charlotte Bøving
    • Woman at adoption agency
    Iryna Danyleiko
    • Ukrainian choir singer
    Vala Kristin Eiriksdottir
    Vala Kristin Eiriksdottir
    • Stefania
    Magnús Trygvason Eliassen
    • Drummer
    Saga Garðarsdóttir
    Saga Garðarsdóttir
    • Police officer 1
    Jón Gnarr
    Jón Gnarr
    • President of the Republic of Iceland
    Galyna Goncharenko
    • Ukrainian choir singer
    Omar Gudjonsson
    • Sousaphone player
    Thorstein Gudmundsson
    • Prison guard
    Hilmir Snær Guðnason
    Hilmir Snær Guðnason
    • Taxi driver
    Albert Halldórsson
    • Prime Minister's advisor
    • Director
      • Benedikt Erlingsson
    • Writers
      • Benedikt Erlingsson
      • Ólafur Egilsson
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Iceland's submission to the Foreign Language Film Award of the 91st Academy Awards (2019).
    • Goofs
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Quotes

      Halla: Economic sabotage.

      Ása: It's extremism, which breeds extremism. He who Jives by the sword, dies by the sword.

      Halla: But no one has been hurt, except our country and our planet.

      Ása: It's not the right way to solve this problem.

      Halla: Meditating in some convent, will that change something?

      Ása: It will change me and thus the world I hope.

      Halla: Isn't that egoism, to think it will change the world?

      Ása: The drop hollows the stone.

      Halla: The stone? The mountains are falling on us, we don't have time to wait for drops.

      Ása: Now you're going to save a child and the entire world with it. Isn't that a small drop or is it just vanity?

      Halla: At least I'm doing something for someone else.

    User reviews49

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Comedy Eco-Thriller
    Woman At War: Halla (Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir) is angry. Angry at Rio Tinto whose smelter is damaging the pristine environment of Iceland. So she takes direct action, sabotaging electricity pylons, cutting off power to the smelter. There is more than just the smelter involved though. Halla's actions are putting at stake a resources exploitation deal between China and Iceland. Halla's gets inside information from a senior civil servant, Baldvin (Jörundur Ragnarsson), Baldvin is now worried that Halla will be caught, a satellite will be used to track her, and tries to persuade her to just issue a manifesto. Halaa gas another reason to reconsider her actions: she has been approved to adopt a girl.

    This is a political thriller, a comedy with surreal overtones, an eco-action film. But foremost it is about the indomitable spirit of one woman who will have to make hard choices. When Halla is pursued by helicopters and drones she hides in crevices, uses the carcass of a dead sheep to fool heat-seeking radar. Discovers a long lost cousin, farmer Sveinbjörn (Jóhann Sigurðarson), who helps her escape. A three piece band and choir trio appear incongruously in scenes. Eventually the surreal turns existential, Halla goes to a rooftop to scatter copies of her manifesto, the band enter the action and tweet images of her proclamation,

    Director & co-writer Benedikt Erlingsson delivers a delightful, funny but hard-hitting drama. 8/10.
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    • May 10, 2019

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 22, 2018 (Iceland)
    • Countries of origin
      • Iceland
      • France
      • Ukraine
    • Official sites
      • Beta Cinema (Germany)
      • Jour2Fête (France)
    • Languages
      • Icelandic
      • English
      • Ukrainian
      • Chinese
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Mujer en guerra
    • Filming locations
      • Ukraine
    • Production companies
      • Slot Machine
      • Gulldrengurinn
      • Solar Media Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €2,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $847,495
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $18,370
      • Mar 3, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,566,406
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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