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Based on the saga of GĂsli SĂşrsson, one of the Icelandic Sagas. The attempt of a family head in 10th century Iceland to strengthen the fragile bonds within the clan through blood brotherhood turns into the opposite through suspicion and resentment. When the law of blood revenge has to be fulfilled after a murder, a fateful chain reaction is set in motion.
RegĂna is 10 years old. Her mother, MargrĂ©t, works at a home for the elderly and her father is dead. The story begins one sunny summer morning when kids are leaving for the summer camp and RegĂna has been told she cannot go. While alone at home killing time she discovers her gift, which is hypnotizing singing. Her friend PĂ©tur shows his talent for finding words that rhyme and together they increase the power of singing.
Ragnar has left his family farm and works as a taxi driver in ReykjavĂk in the early sixties. He's drawn to the beautiful but unhappy girl Gogo and hopes to build a better life with her. But she's a lost soul and their brief romance results in tragedy.
JĂłnas, working in peace and quiet in an isolated summerhouse, hires a young girl, Sandra, to cook for and look after him, and complete an ideal situation for an Icelandic writer on the brink of an international breakthrough. The plan, however, does not turn out the way JĂłnas intended.
The Icelandic Shock-Station is a thoroughbred Icelandic comedy, where the Icelander's daily life and habits are elevated to the level of farcical confusion and where all the laws of common sense are reversed in travesty of themselves, while at the same time the opportunity is taken to satirize some of the features the scriptwriter feels are blemish on the otherwise smooth facade of the nation's character.
Three tales of children each in a different nothern country, Greenland, the Pharoe Islands and Iceland.
The film tells the story of Maja and Nikulás meeting and how they develop a friendship when she starts to visit him regularly. This worries Bergur, Nikulás' son, especially after he learns that his father intends to leave the girl an inheritance, a Chinese vase. Bergur takes action, and the short-lived adventure ends in a more tragic way than is usually the case in fairy tales.
A film showing icelandic farmlife with elements of icelandic folklore mixed in.
After 15 years PĂ©tur returns to Baddi's auto garage that is still located at the end of the world. Baddi lives there with his two children and worker. 15 years before terrible events occurred at the garage that forced PĂ©tur to leave.
