Devil's Island
Djöflaeyjan
1996, Film, 99 min, Comedy, Drama, Icelandic, Iceland, MoviePedia score 66
Devil's Island is a bitter sweet tale of Iceland in the fifties. Life is rough in Reykjavik's post-war slum of Camp Thule, where the abandoned US military barracks have been turned into makeshift homes. Struggling wives and their hard-working husbands try to make ends meet. The younger generation dreams of dollars, Rock'n'Roll and the American way of life. To celebrate or to drown their misery - they're never short of a good reason to booze. Devil's Island vividly depicts the everyday life of a wacky family, their neighbours and friends and shows how some of their dreams come true and others don't.
Directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Cast
- Baltasar Kormákur as Baddi
- Gísli Halldórsson as Thomas
- Sigurveig Jónsdóttir as Karolina
- Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir as Dolly
- Sveinn Geirsson as Danni
- Guðmundur Ólafsson as Grettir
- Ingvar Sigurdsson as Grjóni
- Magnús Ólafsson as Hreggviður
- Pálína Jónsdóttir as Hveragerður
- Saga Jónsdóttir as Gógó
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