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The Seagull's Laughter

Sometimes it's not about whodunit... but why
Oct 20, 2001 · 1h 42m
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Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or slighted her. She moves in with an aunt and socialist uncle: finding a new husband is high on her agenda, and she's mistrusted by Agga, a pre-teen who's our eyes and ears. The social order and Freyja are more complicated than they seem at first, and so may be her prospects. Class divisions, families ties, pride, the onset of puberty, and the power of Eros sliver the ice.

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CAST

Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
Freyja
Ugla Egilsdóttir
Agga
Heino Ferch
Björn Theódór
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Magnús
Kristbjörg Kjeld
Grandmother
Edda Björg Eyjólfsdóttir
Dódó
Bára Lyngdal Magnúsdóttir
Dísa
Eyvindur Erlendsson
Grandfather
Directed by Ágúst Guðmundsson

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Status
Released
Original language
IS
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Production
IsFilm, Archer Street Productions, Hope & Glory Film Productions GmbH, Hope & Glory Pictures International, Hope & Glory Pictures, Det Danske Filminstitut
Country
IS

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