Reykjavik

Pithy comedy REYKJAVIK is a nod to the film nerd in all of us. Film intellectual Hringur is the owner of a video store for art film and is about to encounter a crisis in his relationship with Elsa. The spark is gone. She wants a "normal" man to wants to start a family, while Hringur's main interest is quoting dialogue from film classics. Director Ásgrímur Sverrisson is an Icelandic film legend. He teaches film history at the Film Academy in Reykjavik, is the founder of the Icelandic Film and Television Prize and the film magazine Land & synir.

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • black comedy
  • conflictual relationship
  • dysfunctional family
  • family
  • film about film
  • relationship
  • Screen: Scandinavia

Actors

  • Atli Sigurdarson
  • Nanna Magnúsdóttir
  • Gudmundur Thorvaldsson
  • Gríma Kristjánsdóttir

Director

  • Ásgrímur Sverrisson

Comedy, Romance

1h 32min

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Iceland
2016
Pithy comedy REYKJAVIK is a nod to the film nerd in all of us. Film intellectual Hringur is the owner of a video store for art film and is about to encounter a crisis in his relationship with Elsa. The spark is gone. She wants a "normal" man to wants to start a family, while Hringur's main interest is quoting dialogue from film classics.

Pithy comedy REYKJAVIK is a nod to the film nerd in all of us. Film intellectual Hringur is the owner of a video store for art film and is about to encounter a crisis in his relationship with Elsa. The spark is gone. She wants a "normal" man to wants to start a family, while Hringur's main interest is quoting dialogue from film classics.


Director Ásgrímur Sverrisson is an Icelandic film legend. He teaches film history at the Film Academy in Reykjavik, is the founder of the Icelandic Film and Television Prize and the film magazine Land & synir.

Cast & Crew