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Icelandic Cinema with English subtitles

Icelandic Cinema with English subtitles

Jun 12, 2014 Engin skoðun

Between June 12th and August 31tst we screen six carefully selected films, cool cuts, of exciting Icelandic cinema. Full of fun, excitement, wonders and excellent filmmaking, these are not to be missed. ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

The programme is as follows through every week during the period of June 14th to August 31st:

  • Of horses and men
  • Metalhead – Málmhaus
  • Gnarr
  • Heima – Sigur Rós
  • 101 Reykjavík
  • Volcano

DRAMA/COMEDY:

OF HORSES AND MEN

Hross í oss / Benedikt Erlingsson, 2013/ 85 mín.

A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with immense consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses’ perception.  Here you can buy tickets online also available in the cinema.  English subtitles

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DRAMA:

METALHEAD

Málmhaus / Ragnar Bragason, 2014/ 97 mín. 

METALHEAD is the latest feature film from acclaimed Icelandic director Ragnar Bragason. Story of a girl, heavy metal and cows, Metalhead is  a dramatic film, both tender and grim with moments of rebellious comedy. It’s a story of a terrible loss and how we deal with our griefs, about community and a sense of family, dreams and nightmare. Here you can buy tickets online also available in the cinema.  English subtitles

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DOCUMENTARY:

GNARR

Gnarr /Gaukur Úlfarsson, 2010/ 96 mín.

Iceland’s most controversial and cynical comedian puts his career aside to enter the country’s chaotic political scene. Does he mean business or is this just one of his demented jokes? The film follows Reykjavík´s mayor Jón Gnarr and his journey in politics. Here you can buy tickets online. English subtitles

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MUSIC DOC.:

HEIMA – SIGUR RÓS

Heima – Sigur rós / Dean DeBlois, 2007 / 97 mín.

Summer 2006. Having toured the world over, Sigur Ros return home to play a series of free, unannounced concerts in Iceland. This magical film remains one of the most popular music films of all times. Here you can buy tickets online, also available in the cinema.  English subtitles.


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COMEDY:

101 REYKJAVIK

101 Reykjavik / Baltasar Kormákur, 1999 / 92 mín.

A young man´s sexual impulses go haywire when he discovers the woman he has just been to bed with happens to be his mother´s lesbian lover, and may be carrying his child. Living on a social security in the protected environment of his mother´s home, Hlynur has never felt the urge to venture beyond the confines of his microcosmic world: 101 Reykjavík. Determined to resist adulthood at all cost, he soon finds out that life is busy making other plans for him. Here you can buy tickets online also available in the cinema.  English subtitles.

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DRAMA:

VOLCANO

Eldfjall / Rúnar Rúnarsson, 2011 / 95 mín.

Hannes is estranged from his family, hardly has any friends and the relationship to his wife has faded. Through drastic events, Hannes realizes that he has to adjust his life in order to help someone he loves. Volcano is a coming of age love story of a 67-year-old man and about dealing with the choices of the past and the difficulties of the present in order to embrace the future. Here you can buy tickets online. English subtitles

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