Life in a Fishbowl
| Life in a Fishbowl | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Baldvin Zophoníasson |
| Written by | Baldvin Zophoníasson Birgir Örn Steinarsson |
| Starring | Hera Hilmar |
| Music by | Ólafur Arnalds[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | Iceland |
| Language | Icelandic |
Life in a Fishbowl (Icelandic: Vonarstræti, literally Hope Street) is a 2014 Icelandic drama film directed by Baldvin Zophoníasson.[2][3] It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[5]
Plot
[edit]The movie follows three people living in Reykjavik in 2006. Eik, a kindergarten teacher and mother struggling to make money thus working as part time as a prostitute, Sölvi, a former athlete who is now in the corporate world and Móri, an older man struggling with alcoholism.
Cast
[edit]- Hera Hilmar as Eik
- Thor Kristjansson as Sölvi
- Ingvar Þórðarson as Hannes
- Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as Gústi
- Þorsteinn Bachmann as Móri
- Laufey Elíasdóttir as Aníta
- Birgir Örn Steinarsson as Rakari / Barber
- Markus Reymann as Gerald
See also
[edit]- List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
[edit]- ^ Vonarstræti/Life in a Fishbowl. Favourites Film Festival. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Toronto Film Review: 'Life in a Fishbowl'". Variety. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Life in a Fishbowl: Toronto Review". Hollywood Reporter. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Life in a Fishbowl". TIFF. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Iceland submits Life in a Fishbowl to Oscars". Screen International. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
External links
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