Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Mávahlátur
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- is
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Cast
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
Freyja
Ugla Egilsdóttir
Agga
Heino Ferch
Björn Theódór
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Magnús
Kristbjörg Kjeld
Grandmother
Edda Björg Eyjólfsdóttir
Dódó
Bára Lyngdal Magnúsdóttir
Dísa
Eyvindur Erlendsson
Grandfather
Guðlaug Elísabet Ólafsdóttir
Ninna
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Kidda
Diljá Mist Einarsdóttir
Emilía
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Birna
Jónína Ólafsdóttir
Doctor's wife
Charlotte Bøving
Mette
Benedikt Erlingsson
Hilli
Arnar Jónsson
Sheriff
Anna Kristín Arngrímsdóttir
Sheriff's wife
Gunnar Hansson
Dódó's fiance
Baldur Trausti Hreinsson
Gummi
Guðmundur Ólafsson
Dr. Enok
Production Companies
IsFilm
Archer Street Productions
Hope & Glory Film Productions GmbH
Hope & Glory Pictures International
Hope & Glory Pictures
Det Danske Filminstitut
