Jar City

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Run Time:

94min.

Starring:

Ingvar E. Sigurdsson , Agusta Eva Erlendsdottir , Björn Hlynur Haraldsson , Atli Rafn Sigurdarson , Ólafia Hronn Jonsdottir

Director(s):

Baltasar Kormákur

Distributor(s):

IFC

MPAA Rating:

Not Rated

Genre(s):

Crime and Mystery

Plot: In 1974, a young Icelandic girl met a grim fate at the hands of a murderer -- and the crime was never solved. So begins celebrated director Baltasar Kormákur's procedural thriller Jar City (or Mýrin), adapted from Icelandic writer Arnaldur ... Read More

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