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A young widow Freyja returns from the States to a small Icelandic village in the aftermath of World War II. Her sophistication and worldliness make people both intrigued and annoyed. Eleven-year-old Agga is one of them. She tries to investigate her returned cousin and goes behind Freyja's back, ruining the possibility of her starting a new life. But their relationship grows stronger and Agga realises that she needs to grow out of her naivete and stop bothering others. Based on Kristin Marja Baldursdottir's novel, The Seagull's Laughter is a story about female uprising before the days of the feminist rights movement. Agust Gudmundsson's film, with its big-band jazz soundtrack and its artful, typical costumes of the period, is a 50's expose that feels very original. Set in an Icelandic fishing community rather than the big city, the style of that era explores new ground, similar in some ways to the 70's fashion of the island outcasts in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves. The judgemental gossip of village people is a common theme in cinema but, in the eyes of Agga (brilliantly played by Karlovy Vary-awarded Ugla Egilsd6ttir), it's still a refreshing and hilarious subject. JOHAN LINDQVIST

Premiärstatus
?: Medverkande
Margrét Vilhjámsdottir,Ugla Egilsdóttir,Heino Ferch: Producent
Krisín Atládóttir: Manus
Ágúst Gudmundsson: Foto
Peter Joachim Krause: Talat språk
Icelandic