101 Reykjavík (2000)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Baltasar Kormákur

Writers:

Hallgrímur Helgason (novel)
Baltasar Kormákur (writer)

Release Date:

1 June 2000 (Iceland)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

30° below zero, five hours of daylight, what else can you do but get wrecked

Plot:

Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing...

Plot Keywords:

Spanish | Drinking | Sex | Flamenco | New Year's Eve

Awards:

9 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Victoria Abril	...	Lola
Hilmir Snær Guðnason	...	Hlynur
Hanna María Karlsdóttir	...	Berglind
Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir	...	Hófí
Baltasar Kormákur	...	Þröstur
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson	...	Marri
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson	...	Brúsi
Eyvindur Erlendsson	...	Hafsteinn
Halldóra Björnsdóttir	...	Elsa
Hilmar Jonsson	...	Magnús
Jóhann Sigurðarson	...	Páll
Edda Heidrún Backman	...	Kona Páls
Guðmundur Ingi Þorvaldsson	...	Ellert
Gunnar Eyjólfsson	...	Nágranni
Jónína Ólafsdóttir	...	Kona á Tryggingarm

Also Known As:

101 Reykjavik (France)
101 Rvk (Iceland) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Iceland | Denmark | France | Norway | Germany

Language:

Icelandic | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Italy:VM14 | Hungary:16 | Argentina:16 | Canada:18A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Singapore:(Banned) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:Not Rated | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Australia:MA (TV rating)

Company:

Blueeyes Productions

Trivia:

101 is the zip code for Reykjavik's town center, the oldest part of town, this part of town is home to Iceland's cultural elite.

Quotes:

Lola: So, what do you do?
Hlynur: Nothing.
Lola: What kind of nothing?
Hlynur: The nothing kind of nothing.

Soundtrack:

Í bláum skugga

Wonderful but not complete.

I saw the film 101Reykjavik during one of my sessions as a projectionist at a movie theater in Helsingborg. I had no previous knowledge of the film neither had I heard anything about it, but boy was I in for a treat.

Although the movie seems incomplete story wise, the characters and the dialog is superb and some of the plot twists make you fall out of the chair in laughter. So despite the lack in story development the overall experience is great. The music (by among others Damon Albarn) compliments the pictures wonderfully with its playful themes of the old classic "Lola". It is really a variation of the old "Slacker" theme but it is done without any moral judgement on the characters. Some people aren't ment to become important and some are. Hlynur (the protagonist) is constantly torn between his selfconscious criticism of the world and the inevitable fact that he has to live in it and he gets by as best as he can. Would the story had been allowed to develop even further the movie would have been the ultimate voice of the "Slacker" generation but since it falls short the best one can do is just take it for what it is and enjoy.

I would warmly recommend the movie to everyone under 35, the older generations might want to check out something else.