
Film
The Seagull's Laughter
2001 · 1h 42m · Drama · Comedy
Sometimes it's not about whodunit... but why
- IMDb
- 6.7
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 84%
- Metacritic
- 65
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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.
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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
Crew
- Ágúst GuðmundssonDirector · Writer
- Kristín AtladóttirProducer
- Peter KrauseDirector of Photography
- Henrik D. MollEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 20, 2001
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Icelandic
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- 12
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
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