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Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson
Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson is an Icelandic stage and film actor who starred in and co-wrote 2011's ''Either Way'', Ragnar Bragason's '' Metalhead'' and Baltasar Kormákur's '' The Deep''. Career Gunnarsson stars in the film Rams which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. He also stars in the American film ''Autumn Lights''. He has also starred in television: he played Valdi in the Icelandic crime mini-series Stella Blómkvist, and appeared in the second episode of the first season of the American IFC satirical series ''Documentary Now!'' Selected filmography * '' Heartstone'' (2016) * ''Autumn Lights'' (2016) * ''Rams'' (2015) * ''Blóðberg'' (2015) * ''Life in a Fishbowl'' (2014) * ''Grave & Bones'' (2014) * '' Metalhead'' (2013) * ''Prince Avalanche'' (2013) (writer) * '' The Deep'' (2013) * ''Either Way'' (2011) * ''Heimsendir'' (2011 TV Mini-series) * ''Jar City'' (2006) * ''Stella Blómkvist ''Stella Blómkvist'' is an Icelandic c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its surrounding areas) is home to over 65% of the population. Iceland is the biggest part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that rises above sea level, and its central volcanic plateau is erupting almost constantly. The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains, and glaciers, and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle. Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, and most of its islands have a polar climate. According to the ancient manuscript , the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Icelandic Male Film Actors
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic alphabet * Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse, a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle Icelandic cattle ( is, íslenskur nautgripur ) are a breed of cattle native to Iceland. Cattle were first brought to the island during the Settlement of Iceland a thousand years ago. Icelandic cows are an especially colorful breed with a wide va ..., a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Male Stage Actors
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic alphabet *Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse, a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle, a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let Me Fall
''Let Me Fall'' ( is, Lof mér að falla) is a 2018 Icelandic drama film directed by Baldvin Zophoníasson. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Stella and Magnea, two teenage girls meet at a party. They begin spending time together, experimenting with tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. Magnea eventually drops out of school and distances herself from her former friends. The story follows the two girls as they grow up, experience addiction, drug trafficking, prostitution, and stints in prison. Cast * Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir as Magnea * Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir as young Stella * Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir as older Stella * Þorsteinn Bachmann as Hannes * Atli Oskar Fjalarsson as Atli rauði * Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as Erlingur Hafsteinn * Haraldur Stefansson as Gylfi Reception ''Let Me Fall'' was received positively by most critics, with ''The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Blómkvist
''Stella Blómkvist'' is an Icelandic crime television series which was first broadcast in 2017. It is produced by the Icelandic company Sagafilm. The show is loosely based on books of the same title by an anonymous Icelandic writer. The series was written by Jóhann Ævar Grímsson, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir and Andri Óttarsson, and directed by Óskar Thór Axelsson. After the success in Iceland the show became available in 2018 on Viaplay in the Nordic countries, in 2019 on Sundance Now in the United States and in 2020 SBS Australia acquired the rights for broadcasting in Australia. After four years, a second season of the show premiered in Iceland on 30 September 2021 and became globally available in the months afterwards. Synopsis The show follows lawyer Stella Blómkvist who is called to defend a client suspected of murdering Halla, a young woman who works as an assistant for Sverrir, the Icelandic Prime Minister. Initially, the case seems pretty clear-cut, but Stell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jar City (film)
''Jar City'' ( Icelandic: ''Mýrin'' – "The Bog") is a 2006 Icelandic film directed by Baltasar Kormákur. It is based on ''Mýrin'', a 2000 novel written by Arnaldur Indriðason and released in English as ''Jar City''. Kormákur is in the midst of producing an English-language remake, also called ''Jar City'', which will be set in Louisiana. Plot A world-weary cop comes to believe a recent murder of a middle-aged man is linked to a case of possible rape three decades earlier by a group of friends and a corrupt cop. Working through, he finds it linked to neurofibromatosis, a rare disease among Nordics. One thing leads to another and he puts the pieces together. A geneticist father loses his child to neurofibromatosis and his search for answers leads to his degenerate father and unravels many missing person cases during the decade. Like the book on which it is based, the film is implicitly a semi-critique of the gene-gathering work of the Icelandic company deCODE genetics. Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Avalanche
''Prince Avalanche'' is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by David Gordon Green and starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. The screenplay is based on the 2011 Icelandic film ''Either Way'' (''Á annan veg''). The film was shot in Bastrop, Texas, after the Bastrop County Complex Fire. Plot In 1988, an odd pair of sorts, meditative and stern Alvin and his girlfriend's brother, Lance, dopey and insecure, leave the city behind to spend the summer in solitude repainting traffic lines down the center of a country highway ravaged by wildfire. As they sink into their job in the remarkable landscape, they learn more than they want to about each other and their own limitations. They regularly encounter a drunk truck driver. As Lance leaves for a weekend in the city, Alvin enjoys his solitude and explores the woods by himself. He comes across a house that has been burned to the ground by the wildfire, and encounters a woman who explains that it is her house, and she is sear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life In A Fishbowl
''Life in a Fishbowl'' ( is, Vonarstræti, literally ''Hope Street'') is a 2014 Icelandic drama film directed by Baldvin Zophoníasson. It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Plot 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 now in the corporate world and Móri, an older man struggling with alcoholism. Cast * 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 * List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartstone (film)
''Heartstone'' (''Hjartasteinn'') is a 2016 Icelandic drama film directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson. It tells the story of a strong friendship between two preteen boys in a small Icelandic fishing village and the emotional and sexual turbulence of adolescence. It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. On 9 September 2016, the film won the Queer Lion at the 73rd Venice Film Festival. It was the first Icelandic film to be shown in a competitive section of the Venice Film Festival. It was also nominated for the 2017 Nordic Council Film Prize and won the 2017 Icelandic Edda Awards. Cast * Baldur Einarsson as Þór/ Thor * Blær Hinriksson as Kristján/ Christian * Diljá Valsdóttir as Beta/ Beth * Katla Njálsdóttir as Hanna/ Hannah * Jónína Þórdís Karlsdóttir as Rakel * Rán Ragnarsdóttir as Hafdís * Søren Malling as Sven * Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir as Hulda * Gunnar Jónsson as Ásgeir * Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documentary Now!
''Documentary Now!'' is an American mockumentary television series, created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, and Rhys Thomas, that premiered on August 20, 2015, on IFC. Armisen and Hader star in many episodes, and Thomas and Alex Buono co-direct most episodes. Hosted by Helen Mirren, the series spoofs celebrated documentary films by parodying the style of each documentary with a similar, but fictitious, subject. The third season premiered on February 20, 2019. On April 8, 2019, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on October 19, 2022 and will also be released on AMC+. Premise ''Documentary Now!'' presents itself as a long-running news magazine for documentaries, initially celebrating its 50th season. Mirren appears at the beginning of each episode to introduce the "classic" documentary that the audience is about to see. Cast ; Key : Episodes Season 1 (2015) Season 2 (2016) Season 3 (2019) Season 4 (2022) Production Background T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |