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2000 Certificate 18
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A lad who lives with his mother refuses to grow up and has no inclination to explore the outside world. But life is not planned and he finds himself in a predicament of having slept with his mother's girlfriend... Black comedy. Read more

Starring Victoria Abril, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Hanna Maria Karlsdottir, Baltasar Kormakur
Director Baltasar Kormakur
Genres Comedy

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101 Reykjavik

A lad who lives with his mother refuses to grow up and has no inclination to explore the outside world. But life is not planned and he finds himself in a predicament of having slept with his mother's girlfriend... Black comedy.

Starring Victoria Abril, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Hanna Maria Karlsdottir, Baltasar Kormakur, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Thruder Vilhjalmsdottir, Edda Heidrún Backman, Halldóra Björnsdóttir, Pétur Einarsson, Eyvindur Erlendsson
Director Baltasar Kormakur
Studio METRODOME DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 25 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: Icelandic
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 19 May 2003
Production year: 2000
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Blur front man Damon Albarn (who part-owns a bar in Reykjavik with the director) co-composed the score for this laconic comedy of sexual manners. Freely adapted from a chunky bestseller, director Baltasar Kormakur's first feature owes debts to the film-making styles of both Pedro Almodóvar and the Coen brothers, as wastrel Hlynur (Hilmir Snaer Gudnason) manages to impregnate both his on-off girlfriend, Hofi (Thrudur Vilhjalmsdottir), and Lola (Victoria Abril), the Spanish dance teacher who has just started a lesbian relationship with his newly liberated mother (Hanna Maria Karlsdottir). The combination of Abril's hot-blooded sassiness and Gudnason's cool deadpan is highly effective, but what lingers longest are cinematographer Peter Steuger's snow-speckled backstreets.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • "...[The film] finds a way to get more serious while still being true to its genial, amused sensibility....Beautifully photographed..."

    • Los Angeles Times
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

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  • 11 out of 12 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Great

    Great little movie, kind of a slacker adventure reminiscent of if anything early Mike Leigh movies like Meantime. Good portrayal of the lives of 20 something Icelanders intent on partying hard despite the sub zero temperatures.

    A great Billy Liar moment when he pretends to machine gun his family over a tedious xmas dinner and a couple of diverting plot twists add to the quirky charm, no real belly laughs or special effects as none needed. Kind of an Icelandic Trainspotting without the class A drugs and withdrawal.

      • TheBigBoss from Greater London
      • Posted 13 Jul 2004 15:18

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    A film about nothing really

    As a fan of Iceland etc I was intrigued by this film. I instantly enjoyed it, the characters are human and a bit weird. The film is about nothing really, but it made good viewing!

      • A customer from cheshire
      • Posted 08 Apr 2007 12:23

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