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, revolving around the young

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Axel and his adventure in the Reykjavík underworld which starts when his mother insists that he must recover the remote control to her TV. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the

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. The film stars

Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

as Axel, and features the Icelandic metal band HAM.

Cast

– Axel * Þórarinn Eyfjörð – Flosi * Thorarinn Oskar Thorarinsson – Vigfús * Helga Braga Jónsdóttir – Símastúlka * Þóra Friðriksdóttir – Mamma * Margrét Hugrún Gústavsdóttir – Mæja *

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– Orri *

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– Unnur *

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– Hrólfur * Ari Matthíasson – Þorbjörn * Erling Jóhannesson – Arnar *

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– Sveinn * Helgi Björnsson – Moli * Ólafur Guðmundsson – Árni * Björn Karlsson – Höddi Feiti * Rósa Guðný Þórsdóttir – Sonja * Guðný Helgadóttir – Katrín * Árni Pétur Guðjónsson – Viggó * Hjálmar Hjálmarsson – Hjörtur *

Jóhann G. Jóhannsson Jóhann is a masculine given name. It is the Icelandic and Faroese form of the name Johann, a form of the Germanic and Latin given name "Johannes". The English-language form is John. The Icelandic surname Jóhannsson is a patronymic surname meani ...

– Garðar * Gígja Hilmarsdóttir – Daughter of Moli and Sonja * Eggert Þorleifsson – Aggi Flinki * Stefan St. Sigurjonsson – Brjánsi Sýra * Þröstur Guðbjartsson – Elli * Steinunn Ólafsdóttir – Afgreiðslustúlka * Skúli Gautason – Grímur * Björgúlfur Egilsson – Rótari * Björn Blöndal – Trommari * Flosi Þorgeirsson – Gítarleikari * Baldur Maríusson – Veiðimaður * Sólveig Stefánsdóttir – Barn * Ingólfur Þór Guðmundsson – Barn * Þórir Steingrímsson – Hallvarður * Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson – Áslákur

References

External links

* * 1992 films 1992 comedy films 1992 directorial debut films 1990s Icelandic-language films Films directed by Óskar Jónasson Icelandic comedy films {{1990s-comedy-film-stub