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Films from the country "islande", sorted by rating
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Heima (2007)
, 1h37Directed by Dean DeBlois
Origin Islande
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Après une tournée mondiale épuisante, le groupe envisagea un "retour aux sources" et décida d'offrir gratuitement une série de concerts à la population islandaise en gage de "remerciement" ("giving back" furent leurs mots).
Virgin Mountain (2015)
, 1h33Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Arnar Jónsson
En Islande, Fúsi est un colosse timide de 43 ans qui vit toujours chez sa mère. Il partage sa vie monotone entre son travail de bagagiste à l'aéroport et ses jeux d'adolescent. À la sortie d'un cours de danse country auquel il n’a pas osé participer, il rencontre Sjöfn, une femme complexe et perturbée, qui va lui faire changer ses habitudes et le faire évoluer vers l'âge adulte.
Woman at War (2018)
, 1h41Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Political films
Actors Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jón Gnarr
Une femme autour de la cinquantaine mène un combat solitaire contre la multinationale de l'aluminium Rio Tinto qui tente d'étendre son implantation en Islande. Mais alors qu'elle prépare de nouveaux sabotages de lignes électriques, elle apprend qu'une demande d'adoption déposée depuis longtemps a abouti et qu'elle va devenir mère d'une jeune orpheline ukrainienne.
Heartstone (2016)
, 2h9Directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Søren Malling, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson
Dans un village de pêche isolé au fin fond de l’Islande, deux adolescents, Thor et Christian, vivent un été mouvementé. Tandis que l’un essaie de conquérir le cœur d’une jeune fille, l’autre se découvre éprouver de nouveaux sentiments envers son meilleur ami. À la fin de l’été, lorsque la nature semble brutalement reprendre ses droits dans l’île, il est alors temps de quitter l’enfance et, pour les deux jeunes garçons, d’accepter d’entrer dans l’âge adulte.
Angels of the Universe (2000)
, 1h40Directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Origin Islande
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Baltasar Kormákur
Englar Alheimsins, which has often been called an Icelandic One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, is the story of an Icelandic man named Páll (Ingvar E. Sigurðsson). After his girlfriend leaves him he's slowly turning into a state of madness and depression. His parents decide to send him to a mental hospital where he meets Óli (Baltasar Kormákur), who believes he's the songwriter for The Beatles, Viktor (Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson), who signs cheques with the signature of Adolf Hitler, and other special characters. The movie depicts his struggle, in and out of the mental hospital.
Union of the North (2017)
, 1h21Origin Islande
Nammu occupe un emploi dans un centre commercial. À l'heure de la fermeture, elle se tient derrière le comptoir d'un Dunkin Donuts, prépare un beignet d'or en prévision d'une cérémonie de mariage et attend l'arrivée d'équipes de cerfs et de poules enthousiastes. Nous rencontrons ici des travailleurs normaux qui cherchent à donner une nouvelle tournure à un rituel ancestral.
Noi the Albino (2003)
, 1h33Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Horror
Actors Tómas Lemarquis
Nói Kristmundsson is a 17-year-old living in a small unnamed remote fishing village in western Iceland with his grandmother Lína (Anna Friðriksdóttir). His father Kiddi (Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson), an alcoholic taxi driver, also lives in town, but Nói appears to have a distant relationship with him. As an alopecia totalis his appearance is strikingly different from others in the village. Much of his time is spent either wandering the desolate town, at the town bookstore, or in a hidden cellar at his grandmother's house, which serves as his private sanctuary. The town is a sort of purgatory for Nói, surrounded by mountains and attainable only by boat during the winter, when the roads through the mountain passes are snowed over. There are signs that Nói is highly intelligent, but he is totally uninterested in school and seems to have an adversarial relationship with the faculty, particularly his math teacher. More often than not he cuts class to go to the local gas station, where he frequently breaks into the slot machine and rigs it for an assured jackpot. The bleak town seem to offer few prospects for the future, and Nói doesn't seem to fit in there.
Children of Nature (1991)
, 1h22Directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gísli Halldórsson, Bruno Ganz, Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
A man becomes too old to run his farm and he is made unwelcome in his daughter and son-in-law's urban dwelling. Dumped in a home for the elderly, he meets an old girlfriend from his youth, and they elope to the wilds of Iceland to die together.
Rams (2015)
, 1h30Directed by Grímur Hákonarson
Origin Islande
Genres Drama
Actors Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson
Dans la campagne austère d'Islande, un village reculé vit de manière séculaire de l'élevage des moutons. Les paysans, qui constituent une communauté solidaire, aiment leurs moutons comme des enfants et organisent chaque année un concours de la plus belle bête. Gummi et Kiddi, deux frères célibataires âgés et hirsutes, qui vivent dans deux maisons voisines en s'ignorant et en se haïssant, ne se sont plus parlé depuis quarante ans. Malgré cette mésentente, ils gèrent chacun de leur côté, sans se parler, la ferme de leur père disparu, constituée de plusieurs centaines de moutons. Dans ce paysage où la vie et la tradition semblent immuables, une très mauvaise nouvelle tombe comme un couperet : certaines bêtes de la vallée, contaminées par l'importation d'ovins d'Angleterre, sont atteintes de la tremblante du mouton et les services sanitaires seront intransigeants et intraitables.
Whale Valley (2013)
, 15minutesDirected by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Origin Islande
Genres Drama
En Islande, deux frères vivent avec leurs parents dans une ferme située loin de tout. Un jour, le plus jeune surprend l’aîné qui tente de se suicider. Bouleversé, il s’enfuit, mais le grand frère le rattrape et lui fait promettre de ne rien raconter à leurs parents.
Metalhead (2013)
, 1h37Directed by Ragnar Bragason
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Disaster films
Actors Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Thora Bjorg Helga, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
In the summer of 1983, a twelve-year-old girl, Hera Karlsdottir, lives a normal life on her family farm in a close-knit community. This changes once she watches her older brother Baldur fall off a tractor before his long hair is scalped by its blades. He is rushed out by the family by truck for medical attention, but he dies of his injury. At his funeral, Hera glares at the portrait of Jesus on the wall and runs out of the church during the service. Returning home, she picks up her brother's guitar and immediately adopts his metal music and fashion, burning all of her old clothes.
Cold Fever (1995)
, 1h25Directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens, Seijun Suzuki, Gísli Halldórsson
Hirata (Masatoshi Nagase) is a successful Japanese businessman whose plan for a two-week winter holiday in Hawaii to play golf changes when his elderly grandfather (Seijun Suzuki) reminds him that he should go to Iceland.
And Breathe Normally (2018)
Origin Islande
Genres Drama
Actors Babetida Sadjo
Deux femmes, l'une mère islandaise en difficulté et l'autre demandeur d'asile originaire de Guinée-Bissau, se rencontrent un bref moment au bord de la péninsule islandaise de Reykjanes. Toutes deux élaborent des plans pour remettre leur vie sur les rails et une subtile connivence s'établit entre elles.
Of Horses and Men (2013)
, 1h21Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors María Ellingsen, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Se racontent ici à travers le regard des chevaux, les histoires et passions qui secouent une petite communauté en Islande. Entre conflits de voisinage, tempête de neige et chalutier russe, les chevaux font le lien entre les habitants de cette vallée aussi belle qu'isolée.
The Juniper Tree (1990)
, 1h18Directed by Nietzchka Keene
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Actors Björk, Guðrún Gísladóttir
The Juniper Tree is set in Iceland and portrays the story of two sisters, Margit (Björk Guðmundsdóttir) and her elder sister Katla (Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir), who escape their home after their mother (Guðrún S. Gísladóttir) is stoned and burned for witchcraft. They go where no one knows them, and find Jóhann (Valdimar Örn Flygenring), a young widower who has a son called Jónas (Geirlaug Sunna Þormar). Katla uses magical powers to seduce Jóhann and they start living together. Margit and Jónas become friends. However, Jónas does not accept Katla as his stepmother and tries to convince his father to leave her. Katla's magic power is too strong and even though he knows he should leave her, he can't. Margit's mother appears to her in visions and Jónas' mother appears as a raven and to bring him a magical feather.