The Seagull's Laughter
2001Post-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.
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Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
as Freyja
Ugla Egilsdóttir
as Agga
Heino Ferch
as Björn Theódór
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
as Magnús
Kristbjörg Kjeld
as Grandmother
Edda Björg Eyjólfsdóttir
as Dódó
Bára Lyngdal Magnúsdóttir
as Dísa
Eyvindur Erlendsson
as Grandfather
Guðlaug Elísabet Ólafsdóttir
as Ninna
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
as Kidda
Diljá Mist Einarsdóttir
as Emilía
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
as Birna
Jónína Ólafsdóttir
as Doctor's wife
Charlotte Bøving
as Mette
Benedikt Erlingsson
as Hilli
Arnar Jónsson
as Sheriff
Anna Kristín Arngrímsdóttir
as Sheriff's wife
Gunnar Hansson
as Dódó's fiance
Baldur Trausti Hreinsson
as Gummi
Guðmundur Ólafsson
as Dr. Enok
Theodór Júlíusson
as Þórður the policeman
Sigurður Skúlason
as Jói Betu
Gunnar Helgason
as Gauji Sígrenjandi
Halldór Magnússon
as Tobbi Spritt
Kjartan Ragnarsson
as Priest
Jún Júlíusson
as Mailman
Valgeir Guðjónsson
as Band conductor
Magnús Ragnarsson
as Voice of Björn Theodórsson
Lísa Pálsdóttir
as Woman visiting #1
Bryndís Pétursdóttir
as Woman visiting #2