Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Metacritic65/100
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Ágúst GuðmundssonDirector
- Ágúst GuðmundssonWriter
Cast
- Margrét VilhjálmsdóttirFreyja
- Ugla EgilsdóttirAgga
- Heino FerchBjörn Theódór
- Hilmir Snær GuðnasonMagnús
- Kristbjörg KjeldGrandmother
- Edda Björg EyjólfsdóttirDódó
- Bára Lyngdal MagnúsdóttirDísa
- Eyvindur ErlendssonGrandfather
- Guðlaug Elísabet ÓlafsdóttirNinna
- Sigurveig JónsdóttirKidda
- Diljá Mist EinarsdóttirEmilía
- Halldóra GeirharðsdóttirBirna
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookfeminismpost war life