Hafið (2002)

Regisseur:

Baltasar Kormákur

Drehbuchautoren:

Baltasar Kormákur (writer)
Ólafur Haukur Símonarson (play)

Premierendatum:

13. September 2002 (Iceland)

Genre:

Drama

Werbezeile:

The truth lies beneath the surface

Plot:

A rich father in a fisher village plans to take on the project of writing his life story. But first he has to take on his own family, and everybody wants something...

Plot Keywords:

Incest | Snow | Dysfunctional Family | Arson | Sexual Abuse

Filmpreise:

10 wins & 7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Hateful, Greedy Idiots in Iceland

Besetzung

Gunnar Eyjólfsson	...	Þórður
Hilmir Snær Guðnason	...	Ágúst
Hélène de Fougerolles	...	Françoise
Kristbjörg Kjeld	...	Kristín
Sven Nordin	...	Morten
Guðrún Gísladóttir	...	Ragnheiður
Sigurður Skúlason	...	Haraldur
Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir	...	Áslaug
Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir	...	María
Herdís Þorvaldsdóttir	...	Kata
Þórir Gunnar Jónsson	...	Teenager
Theódór Júlíusson	...	Bóbó
Hjalti Rögnvaldsson	...	Bensó
Ellert Ingimundarson	...	Hannes
Magnús Ragnarsson	...	Agent

Alternativ:

The Sea (Canada: English title) (France) (International: English title)
Havet (Norway)
Kalte See, Die (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

109 Min

Produktionsland:

Iceland | France | Norway

Sprache:

Isländisch | Norwegisches | Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:12 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Hong Kong:III | Norway:15 | Germany:12 | Singapore:R(A) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich)

Drehorte:

France

Firma:

Blueeyes Productions

Dies und das:

Despite the fact that 'Herdís orvaldsdóttir' is only 3 years older than Gunnar Eyjólfsson, she plays his mother in the movie.

Dialogzitate:

Kata: Anyone who doesn't eat whale, doesn't deserve to live.

Hateful, Greedy Idiots in Iceland

Greetings again from the darkness. No "Happy Days" here. The best compliment I can pay this movie is that I stayed interested despite the pathetic individuals and families portrayed. Very little human redeeming value in any of the characters with the possible exception of the french girlfriend and the daughters husband, Mortin, played by Sven Nordin (who was excellent in last year's "Elling"). Sad, desperate, isolated. These describe not only the characters, but Iceland as portrayed in the movie. What kind of airport is that? There is sufficient biting humor among the family that one initially believes that there might be some deeply buried love, but as the movie progresses we begin to understand why this is really not a family - just a bunch of loose cannons connected by fate. Wonderful camera work and sharp dialog make this one worth seeing, just be prepared for an emotional challenge.