The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
The star player of Icelands top football team causes a stir when he admits to being gay to his team mates and then goes on a journey to discover himself (with the help of the local press). He soon finds himself on the bench for most of his teams matches and decides to call it quits and join a small amateur team made up of men like himself - gay guys trying to play football in a straight world of Icelandic fishing culture machoism
Ratings
IMDb5/10
Rotten Tomatoes36%
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Róbert I. DouglasDirector
- Róbert I. DouglasScreenplay
- Jón Atli JónassonScreenplay
Cast
- Björn Hlynur HaraldssonOttar Thor
- Lilja Nótt ÞórarinsdóttirGugga
- Arnmundur Ernst BjörnssonMagnus
- Helgi BjörnssonPétur
- Þorsteinn BachmannGeorg
- Sigurður SkúlasonEirikur
- Damon YoungerBrósi
- Marius SverrissonStarri
- Hilmar JónssonViktor Ingi
- Pétur EinarssonBjörgvin
- Felix BergssonDomari
- Erlendur EiríkssonAlfred
Stills
Themes
coming outsingle parentsportsparent child relationshipmale homosexualityfootball (soccer)gay pridegay theme