The Dance

Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama adapted from the short story We Must Dance by William Heinesen and set on an island in 1913 Pétur Gunnar Helgason narrates recalling the days when mainlanders arrived for a wedding Flirtatious Sirsa Pálína Jónsdottir marries Harald Dofri Hermannsson son of a wealthy landowner on the island Offshore a ship is sinking so the men form a rescue party returning with the captain the engineer and several sailors With a storm gathering the engineer dies The clergyman requests an end to the festivities as a mark of respect Sirsa protests but her new husband brings the celebration to a halt The group then fragments into different activities drunken or otherwise and the sensual Sirsa directs her attention toward the handsome Ívar Baldur Trausti Hreinsson The films score features traditional folk music