The Seagull's Laughter

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.

5.5

102 min

Cast

Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir

as Freyja

Ugla Egilsdóttir

as Agga

Heino Ferch

as Björn Theódór

Hilmir Snær Guðnason

as Magnús

Kristbjörg Kjeld

as Grandmother

Edda Björg Eyjólfsdóttir

as Dódó

Bára Lyngdal Magnúsdóttir

as Dísa

Eyvindur Erlendsson

as Grandfather

Guðlaug Elísabet Ólafsdóttir

as Ninna

Sigurveig Jónsdóttir

as Kidda

Diljá Mist Einarsdóttir

as Emilía

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

as Birna

Jónína Ólafsdóttir

as Doctor's wife

Charlotte Bøving

as Mette

Benedikt Erlingsson

as Hilli

Arnar Jónsson

as Sheriff

Anna Kristín Arngrímsdóttir

as Sheriff's wife

Gunnar Hansson

as Dódó's fiance

Baldur Trausti Hreinsson

as Gummi

Guðmundur Ólafsson

as Dr. Enok

Theodór Júlíusson

as Þórður the policeman

Sigurður Skúlason

as Jói Betu

Gunnar Helgason

as Gauji Sígrenjandi

Halldór Magnússon

as Tobbi Spritt

Kjartan Ragnarsson

as Priest

Jún Júlíusson

as Mailman

Valgeir Guðjónsson

as Band conductor

Magnús Ragnarsson

as Voice of Björn Theodórsson

Lísa Pálsdóttir

as Woman visiting #1

Bryndís Pétursdóttir

as Woman visiting #2

Director

Ágúst Guðmundsson