Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008)

Réalisateur:

Óskar Jónasson

Scénaristes:

Arnaldur Indriðason (screenplay)
Óskar Jónasson (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

3 octobre 2008 (Iceland)

Genre:

Thriller

Intrigue:

Financial concerns tempt a security guard to return to his smuggling ways. |

Plot Keywords:

Place Name In Title

Récompenses:

5 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Icelandic action as you've never seen it before

Ensemble

Baltasar Kormákur	...	Kristófer
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson	...	Steingrímur
Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir	...	Íris
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson	...	Jensen
Victor Löw	...	Hoogland
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson	...	Elvar
Jörundur Ragnarsson	...	Arnór
Theódór Júlíusson	...	Runólfur
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson	...	Eiríkur
Pálmi Kormákur Baltasarsson	...	Skúli
Stormur Jón Kormákur Baltasarsson	...	Egill
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Sveinn Óskar Ásbjörnsson	...	Háseti
Brynja Valdís Gísladóttir	...	Elsa
Walter Grímsson	...	Sigmar
Guðmundur Haraldsson	...	AA maður
Ragnar Erling Hermannsson	...	Tóti
Bjørn Ingi Hilmarsson	...	Pálmar in customs
Rósa Ingólfsdóttir	...	Gréta
Arnar Ingvarsson	...	Geiri
Ólafur Þór Jóhannesson	...	Hákon
Magnús Jónsson	...	Sveinn
Tómas Kristinn Jónsson	...	Háseti
Andrea Dagbjört Pálsdóttir	...	Eiríks daughter (Dóttir Eiríks)
Magnús Ragnarsson	...	Jóhannes
Örn Ragnarsson	...	Birgir in customs
Sigsteinn Sigurbergsson	...	Háseti
Kristjana Stefánsdóttir	...	Ester
Olafur S.K. Thorvaldz	...	Videoafgreiðslumaður
Linda Sif Þorláksdóttir	...	Ingileif in customs

Durée:

Germany:88 min (European Film Market)

Pays:

Iceland

Langue:

Islandais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Australia:MA

Société:

Bavaria Pictures

Anecdotes:

Iceland's official submission to 82nd Academy Award's Foreign Language in 2010.

Connexions De Film:

Refait comme Untitled Reykjavik-Rotterdam Remake (2011)

Icelandic action as you've never seen it before

I'm not going to spoil anything. So I won't go into any details about the story. I hate when people do that.

Here we have an Icelandic thriller that kept you excited right from the beginning to the very end. I absolutely loved the story, it was fresh and original and distinctively better than most Icelandic films that have tried to depict the dark side of Reykjavík (Iceland's capital). Looking back at films made over 10 years ago, such as "Nei er ekkert svar", it's simply astounding to see how far Icelandic film making has come. This really is an A-level action thriller which I found to be more entertaining than most movies in the similar genre I've seen during the past months. I think the director did an excellent job and Baltasar Kormákur should seriously consider acting more alongside directing because he shows and proves it beyond any doubt that he is one of Iceland's greatest actors. Iceland could of course use more actors because you kind of see the same faces over and over again, every time a film is made. However, when a film is as well casted as this one, one forgets that very quickly. All characters had found their way to just the right people. I must give kudos to Baltasar, Lilja, Ingvar, Þröstur, Ólafur, Jörundur, Victor... Jeez, just all of you. Thank you for a superb film.

Highly recommended, see it as soon as possible.