About
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.
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 1, 2005
Director
Producers
Kristín Atladóttir, Andy Paterson, Raphael Socha
Studio
IsFilm, Archer Street Productions, Hope & Glory Film Productions GmbH, Hope & Glory Pictures International, Hope & Glory Pictures, Det Danske Filminstitut
Original Title
Mávahlátur
Original Language
IS
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →M
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
Freyja
H
Heino Ferch
Björn Theódór
H
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Magnús
K
Kristbjörg Kjeld
Grandmother
E
Edda Björg Eyjólfsdóttir
Dódó
E
Eyvindur Erlendsson
Grandfather
G
Guðlaug Elísabet Ólafsdóttir
Ninna
S
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Kidda
H
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Birna
J
Jónína Ólafsdóttir
Doctor's wife
C
Charlotte Bøving
Mette
B
Benedikt Erlingsson
Hilli
A
Arnar Jónsson
Sheriff
A
Anna Kristín Arngrímsdóttir
Sheriff's wife
G
Gunnar Hansson
Dódó's fiance
B
Baldur Trausti Hreinsson
Gummi
G
Guðmundur Ólafsson
Dr. Enok
T
Theodór Júlíusson
Þórður the policeman
S
Sigurður Skúlason
Jói Betu
G
Gunnar Helgason
Gauji Sígrenjandi
