Summerland
Iceland
2011/digital cinema/87 mins — Australian Premiere
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In this warm and quirky comedy from Iceland, Oscar and Lara seem perfectly normal. He runs a haunted house business in the basement, and she speaks to elves.
Spiritually orientated mother of two Lara seems to have a sixth sense and the ability to communicate to the dead, thanks to an ancient elf-stone in the garden of the rundown family house. But when her hapless husband Oskar – who gives tacky haunted-house tours through their home – decides to sell the elf-stone to a German art-dealer, everything begins to go wrong for the couple and their teenage children.
Delightful performances and a sharply written script make this rare independent Icelandic movie a charming treat – and perhaps a metaphor for the problems faced by Iceland with the global financial meltdown!
Screenings at Copenhagen Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, USA.
“The mellow comedy and warm humanism on display is reminiscent of Bill Forsyth (Gregory’s Girl, Local Hero) at his finest.” Eddie Cockrell, International Film Guide
SUMARLANDIO
Director Grimur Hakonarson Writers Olafur Egilsson, Grimur Hakonarson Producers Agnes Johansen, Baltasar Kormakur
Cast Olafia Jonsdottir, Kjartan Guojonsson, Snorri Engilbertsson
Print Source Icelandic Film Centre
