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13 February 2004 (USA)
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Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir | ... | Freyja |
| Ugla Egilsdóttir | ... | Agga |
| Heino Ferch | ... | Björn Theódór |
| Hilmir Snær Guðnason | ... | Magnús |
| Kristbjörg Kjeld | ... | Amma |
| Edda Björg Eyjólfsdóttir | ... | Dódó |
| Bára Lyngdal | ... | Dísa (as Bára Lyngdal Magnúsdóttir) |
| Eyvindur Erlendsson | ... | Afi |
| Guðlaug Ólafsdóttir | ... | Ninna (as Guðlaug Elísabet Ólafsdóttir) |
| Sigurveig Jónsdóttir | ... | Kidda |
| Dilja Mist | ... | Emilía (as Diljá Mist Einarsdóttir) |
| Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir | ... | Birna |
| Jónína Ólafsdóttir | ... | Læknisfrúin |
| Charlotte Bøving | ... | Mette |
 | Benedikt Erlingsson | ... | Hilli |
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Also Known As:
Mávahlátur (Iceland)
Mávahlátur - eftir skáldsögu Kristínar Marju Baldursdóttur (Iceland) (long title)
Möwengelächter (Germany)
The Seagull's Laughter (International: English title)
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Mávahlátur - eftir skáldsögu Kristínar Marju Baldursdóttur (Iceland) (long title)
Möwengelächter (Germany)
The Seagull's Laughter (International: English title)
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102 min
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Color (Fujicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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This is a wonderful movie, set in the 1950's, about a beautiful woman who returns to Iceland after living in America. She reminds me a little of Scarlet O'Hara. She is a strong woman who takes no prisoners. The slinky dresses she brings back from the United States make quite a contrast with the dowdy woolen clothes that her relatives wear. Her beauty, glamor and willfulness wreak havoc on the population. The childlike delight which which she deploys her charms is wonderful to behold.
The movie is not in any way dull or dreary. It moves pretty quickly, has a droll sense of humor, and a knowingness about human nature.
If you are sensitive; there is one brief scene where something bad happens to an animal. The event is bad, but mostly takes place out of view. There are some sex scenes which are not extremely graphic, but do show female nudity.
I'd recommend this movie. As foreign or independent movies go, this is one of the better ones. Compared to the one or two other Icelandic movies that I have seen, this is the best by a wide margin.