As a few others have said, before me, the movie is set in The Faroe Islands, not Iceland. That being said, I feel I must say that although it is commendable for Katrin to have made a movie set in and about the Faroe Islands, I cannot with good conscience say that this is a particularly good movie. Many aspects of it are just too cliché and/or out there for me to have enjoyed it.
One great scene in the movie, (spoiler) is when the two characters checked into the "hotel" and spoke french, thinking that the lady behind the counter didn't speak the language. (spoiler end) Great scene, and seeing as it was in the very beginning of the movie, I thought "Hey this movie seems alright"... Wrong! Even though it still had it's moments, they were all to scarce and far between all the rubbish and bad acting, that I again, was almost on the brink on turning off the TV, even though this was the first faroese movie ever made!!! I didn't turn the TV off... I watched the whole thing and ended up with the feeling off annoyance. That a movie, with the potential for being a good one, had to turn in to such crap just because Katrin threw all realism towards faroese lifestyle and people out the window, just so she could follow the road movie format...
But in conclusion, this is a special movie for me, only because it is the only one of it's kind, and therefor I give it a 5, in hopes that there are more, and better movies to come...
Spoiler! PS: When saying that the movie was out there, and not very realistic, I was in particular referring to Jóhan í Kollafirði getting his ass kicked by the gangsters... What the hell was that all about!?!?
One great scene in the movie, (spoiler) is when the two characters checked into the "hotel" and spoke french, thinking that the lady behind the counter didn't speak the language. (spoiler end) Great scene, and seeing as it was in the very beginning of the movie, I thought "Hey this movie seems alright"... Wrong! Even though it still had it's moments, they were all to scarce and far between all the rubbish and bad acting, that I again, was almost on the brink on turning off the TV, even though this was the first faroese movie ever made!!! I didn't turn the TV off... I watched the whole thing and ended up with the feeling off annoyance. That a movie, with the potential for being a good one, had to turn in to such crap just because Katrin threw all realism towards faroese lifestyle and people out the window, just so she could follow the road movie format...
But in conclusion, this is a special movie for me, only because it is the only one of it's kind, and therefor I give it a 5, in hopes that there are more, and better movies to come...
Spoiler! PS: When saying that the movie was out there, and not very realistic, I was in particular referring to Jóhan í Kollafirði getting his ass kicked by the gangsters... What the hell was that all about!?!?