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Dagur Kári is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Executive Producer, Editor and Sound Islandais born on 12 december 1973 at Paris (France)

Dagur Kári

Dagur Kári
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Birth name Dagur Kári Pétursson
Nationality Islande
Birth 12 december 1973 (50 years) at Paris (France)

Dagur Kári (born Dagur Kári Pétursson; 12 December 1973) is an Icelandic film director.

He was born in Paris, France to Icelandic parents and returned to Iceland when he was 3 years old. Dagur graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1999, with art house short movie Lost Weekend. The film got off to a good start and gained the first popularity winning 11 prizes on the international festival circuit.

Biography

Né à Paris de parents islandais, Dagur Kári déménage en Islande lorsqu'il a trois ans. À 17 ans, alors qu'il s'intéresse à la musique et à la photographie, il choisit de se tourner vers le cinéma suite à l'organisation d'un festival de cinéma en Islande au cours duquel il voit des films de Jim Jarmusch et d'Aki Kaurismäki pour la première fois.

Kári commence alors à écrire des scénarios et travaille pendant deux ans pour une chaîne de télévision. Diplômé de l'École nationale de cinéma du Danemark en 1999, il remporte onze prix internationaux grâce à son court-métrage de fin d'études, Lost Weekend.

Il écrit également la musique de la plupart de ses films.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dagur Kári (9 films)

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Actor

Screaming Masterpiece, 1h27
Genres Musical theatre, Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Björk, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Dagur Kári
Roles Self
Rating71% 3.5803653.5803653.5803653.5803653.580365
Voici un documentaire retraçant l'histoire de la musique en Islande. Il essaie de comprendre d'où vient la variété musicale de cette petite île...

Director

Virgin Mountain, 1h33
Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Arnar Jónsson
Rating73% 3.696583.696583.696583.696583.69658
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.
The Good Heart, 1h39
Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Isild Le Besco, Stephanie Szostak, Nicolas Bro, Clark Middleton
Rating67% 3.3946653.3946653.3946653.3946653.394665
Short-tempered bartender Jacques (Brian Cox) has a heart-attack. Young homeless man Lucas (Paul Dano) fails in a suicide attempt. They share a room in the hospital. They agree that Lucas can stay in the bar, and that Jacques will coach him to become his successor. In the beginning Jacques complains that Lucas is too soft toward guests.
Dark Horse
Dark Horse (2005)
, 1h46
Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jakob Cedergren, Nicolas Bro, Bodil Jørgensen, Morten Suurballe, Anders Hove, Kristian Halken
Rating70% 3.544993.544993.544993.544993.54499
Marginal et bohème, Daniel tente de joindre les deux bouts en taggant des messages d'amour sur les murs de Copenhague. Il jongle entre son propriétaire, les procès-verbaux et ses amis afin de garder son logement et sa voiture. Un jour, il rencontre Fransecsa, jolie boulangère tout aussi décalée que lui, dont il tombe amoureux...
Noi the Albino, 1h33
Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Horror
Actors Tómas Lemarquis
Rating72% 3.647513.647513.647513.647513.64751
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.

Scriptwriter

Virgin Mountain, 1h33
Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Arnar Jónsson
Roles Writer
Rating73% 3.696583.696583.696583.696583.69658
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.
The Good Heart, 1h39
Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Isild Le Besco, Stephanie Szostak, Nicolas Bro, Clark Middleton
Rating67% 3.3946653.3946653.3946653.3946653.394665
Short-tempered bartender Jacques (Brian Cox) has a heart-attack. Young homeless man Lucas (Paul Dano) fails in a suicide attempt. They share a room in the hospital. They agree that Lucas can stay in the bar, and that Jacques will coach him to become his successor. In the beginning Jacques complains that Lucas is too soft toward guests.
Dark Horse
Dark Horse (2005)
, 1h46
Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jakob Cedergren, Nicolas Bro, Bodil Jørgensen, Morten Suurballe, Anders Hove, Kristian Halken
Rating70% 3.544993.544993.544993.544993.54499
Marginal et bohème, Daniel tente de joindre les deux bouts en taggant des messages d'amour sur les murs de Copenhague. Il jongle entre son propriétaire, les procès-verbaux et ses amis afin de garder son logement et sa voiture. Un jour, il rencontre Fransecsa, jolie boulangère tout aussi décalée que lui, dont il tombe amoureux...
Noi the Albino, 1h33
Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Horror
Actors Tómas Lemarquis
Rating72% 3.647513.647513.647513.647513.64751
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.

Producer

The Kindness of Strangers, 1h52
Directed by Lone Scherfig
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama
Actors Zoe Kazan, Tahar Rahim, Andrea Riseborough, Bill Nighy, Jay Baruchel, Caleb Landry Jones
Roles Executive Producer
Rating64% 3.2472953.2472953.2472953.2472953.247295
Voici l'histoire de quatre personnes traversant la pire crise de leur existence.
Backstabbing for Beginners, 1h30
Directed by Per Fly
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Politic
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Theo James, Ben Kingsley, Jacqueline Bisset, Rossif Sutherland, David Dencik, Rachel Wilson
Roles Executive Producer
Rating62% 3.1466653.1466653.1466653.1466653.146665
Jeune homme idéaliste, Michael Sullivan décroche l'emploi de ses rêves : il devient coordinateur de l'opération Pétrole contre nourriture, un programme visant à satisfaire les besoins humanitaires du peuple irakien après la guerre du Golfe. Mais Sullivan découvre que derrière cette opération humanitaire se cache une conspiration au plus haut niveau. L'Irak attise la convoitise de bon nombre d'agents du gouvernement américain et de pays étrangers. Après avoir mené une enquête secrète, l'apprenti fonctionnaire comprend que ses soupçons étaient bien fondés et qu'une importante affaire de corruption est en train de prendre forme. Mais il s'aperçoit que son propre chef est lui-même impliqué dans ce scandale comme de nombreux responsables politiques. Sullivan n'a pas d'autre choix que de devenir un lanceur d'alerte qui, en révélant les faits, met en danger sa vie et la carrière de son mentor.

Editor

Virgin Mountain, 1h33
Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Arnar Jónsson
Roles Editor
Rating73% 3.696583.696583.696583.696583.69658
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.
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela, 1h30
Directed by Olaf de Fleur
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating56% 2.8482.8482.8482.8482.848
Raquela, a Filipino transsexual prostitute dreams of making a new life in Paris. She becomes an internet porn star and meets Valerie, an Icelandic transsexual, and Michael, the owner of the website she works for.

Sound

Virgin Mountain, 1h33
Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Arnar Jónsson
Roles Music
Rating73% 3.696583.696583.696583.696583.69658
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.