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The Seagull's Laughter

2001, Movie, 1h 42min

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.

Country: Iceland,United Kingdom,Germany,Denmark

Director:

Ágúst Guðmundsson

Cast:

Heino Ferch,

Hilmir Snær Guðnason,

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir,

Benedikt Erlingsson

Reviews

Critic Roger Ebert

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The movie balances between dark and light, between warmth and cold, like an Icelandic year.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Marc Savlov

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...a dark comedy of manners, dark like the Icelandic night and mordant to the core.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup

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Det er kvindekamp uden at blive unødigt politisk og tidsskildring set og beskrevet med de lune og eftergivende briller på.

Read full review at Cinemazone

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