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The Seagull's Laughter
"Sometimes it's not about whodunit... but why"
2001 • 1h 42m • ★ 5.5 (15 votes) Released
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.
Director
Ágúst Guðmundsson
Writer
Ágúst Guðmundsson
Rating
5.5
Runtime
102 min
Production
IsFilm
Archer Street Productions
Hope & Glory Film Productions GmbH
Hope & Glory Pictures International
Hope & Glory Pictures
Det Danske FilminstitutTop Billed Cast
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Keywords
based on novel or bookfeminismpost war life
