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101 Reykjavík by Baltasar Kormákur
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir, Baltasar Kormákur, Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Victoria Abril Director: Baltasar Kormákur Brand: Genius Producer: Baltasar Kormákur Writer: Baltasar Kormákur Producer: Ingvar Þórðarson Producer: Magnús V. Sigurðsson Producer: Michael P. Aust Producer: Þorfinnur Ómarsson Writer: Hallgrímur Helgason DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 88 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-04-15 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Fox Lorber Product features: - 101 REYKJAVIK (DVD MOVIE)
Movie Reviews of 101 ReykjavíkMovie Review: A Great Nordic delivery! Summary: 5 Stars
What do you get in a coming-of-age movie when the leading character is 30 years old? Lets just say you get an excellent movie, where the comedy is driven by the way of life of a slacker in the small and cold town of reykjavik, iceland's biggest city. The drama and motif in the characters rise when Hilmir finds out he's just gone to bed with his mom's partner. It's a great funny story of similar to films brought by Spanish director Almodovar, without the dramatic gloom and heavy atmosphere.And to top it off it features and excellent music soundtrack, by Damon Albarn of Blur, which is also a great buy. All in all, this film is definetively a must see. Also, if you liked this film, i also recommend looking for "Noi Albinoi" (iceland), and "F***ing Amal" (sweeden).
Summary of 101 ReykjavíkStudio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 06/19/2007 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Nr Sexy Spaniard Victoria Abril heats up the wintry city of Reykjavík in 101 Reykjavík. Icelandic slacker Hlynur (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) lives on welfare with his mother, leading a depressed and aimless existence. His mother invites her flamenco teacher, Lola (Abril), to live with them; while his mother is away for New Year's Eve, Hlynur and Lola have a drunken fling. But upon her return, Hlynur's mother tells him that she and Lola are lesbian lovers--and it soon comes out that she and Lola are going to have a baby together. 101 Reykjavík seems to be the contemporary Icelandic version of American movies of the 1970s like Five Easy Pieces, in which antiheroic characters struggle to make sense of a world that doesn't seem to have any place for them. The movie is a bit unfocused, but its urban malaise feels genuine, if not particularly new. Abril is delightful, as always. --Bret Fetzer
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