The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama, adapted from the short story We Must Dance by William Heinesen, and set on an island in 1913. Pétur (Gunnar Helgason) narrates, recalling the days when mainlanders arrived for a wedding. Flirtatious Sirsa (Pálína Jónsdottir) marries Harald (Dofri Hermannsson), son of a wealthy landowner on the island. Offshore, a ship is sinking, so the men form a rescue party, returning with the captain, the engineer, and several sailors. With a storm gathering, the engineer dies. The clergyman requests an end to the festivities as a mark of respect. Sirsa protests, but her new husband brings the celebration to a halt. The group then fragments into different activities, drunken or otherwise, and the sensual Sirsa directs her attention toward the handsome Ívar (Baldur Trausti Hreinsson). The film's score features traditional folk music.
Ratings
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Ágúst GuðmundssonDirector
- Kristín AtladóttirWriter
- Ágúst GuðmundssonWriter
Cast
- Gunnar HelgasonPétur
- Joi JohannssonVítus
- Benedikt ErlingssonHólófernes
- Baldur Trausti HreinssonÍvar
- Magnús ÓlafssonSýslumaður
- Gísli HalldórssonNikulás
- Pálína JónsdóttirSirsa
- Dofri HermannssonHaraldur
- Arnar JónssonDjákni
- Þórunn Magnea MagnúsdóttirMóðir Haraldar
- Björk JakobsdóttirTheodóra
- Guðrún Þ. StephensenSjómannsekkja