The Seagull's Laughter

Overview

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.

Directed by Ágúst Guðmundsson

Top cast

Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir

Freyja

U

Ugla Egilsdóttir

Agga

Heino Ferch

Björn Theódór

Hilmir Snær Guðnason

Magnús

Kristbjörg Kjeld

Grandmother

E

Edda Björg Eyjólfsdóttir

Dódó

B

Bára Lyngdal Magnúsdóttir

Dísa

E

Eyvindur Erlendsson

Grandfather

G

Guðlaug Elísabet Ólafsdóttir

Ninna

S

Sigurveig Jónsdóttir

Kidda

D

Diljá Mist Einarsdóttir

Emilía

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

Birna

J

Jónína Ólafsdóttir

Doctor's wife

Charlotte Bøving

Mette

Benedikt Erlingsson

Hilli

Arnar Jónsson

Sheriff

A

Anna Kristín Arngrímsdóttir

Sheriff's wife

Gunnar Hansson

Dódó's fiance

B

Baldur Trausti Hreinsson

Gummi

G

Guðmundur Ólafsson

Dr. Enok

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