Guðrún Gísladóttir
Also Known As: Guðrún S. Gísladóttir
Biography: Guðrún Gísladóttir is an Islandic stage and screen actress.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: December 12, 1954
Age: 70 years old
Gender: Female
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Heartless
Overview: Young couple Anna and Gunnar live in a society where people are assigned a new spouse in a lottery every seven years. Full of heartache, the couple faces their biggest fear in the face of life with a new partner.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2020-12-31
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Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre
Overview: An epic tale about a group of whale watchers, whose ship breaks down and they get picked up by a whale fisher vessel. The Fishbillies on the vessel has just gone bust, and everything goes out of control.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-04
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Last Words of Hreggviður
Overview: Hreggvidur, an old right-winger, dies of a heart attack while trying to publish an article in The Conservative Paper. Hreggvidur has been a regular contributor for decades and he disagrees with the new editorial policy. Thus he rises up from the dead to terrorize the editor into publishing the article.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2004-05-14
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By Herself
Overview: Inspired by a poem by Lars Norén, By Herself is an oneiric film about a woman who lives alone and who comes home late one evening. Beautifully filmed, By Herself is a film that dwells on the mysteries of time, loneliness, and desire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1988-06-11
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The Sacrifice
Overview: Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1986-05-09
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Njalssaga
Overview: TV movie based on the first chapters of the Icelandic Brennu-Njáls saga
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Þeli
Overview: A man isolates himself from his environment and finally disappears into a white wall in his home.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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The Sea
Overview: Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2002-09-13
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The Juniper Tree
Overview: Margit and her older sister Katla flee for safety after their mother is burned to death for witchcraft. Finding shelter with Johan and his resentful young son, Jonas, the sisters help form an impromptu family unit that’s soon strained by Katla’s burgeoning sorcery.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1990-04-10
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Magnús
Overview: Magnús is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnús to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end sooner than he expected, he wants to know how much it's been worth to him. Has life been worth living? Is it worth fighting for; is it worth a struggle against death? He takes a look at his family, a group of ordinary people, who are the colourful heroes of everyday life, struggling along in a world far removed from the world of high finance, power politics and international intrigues, but yet to them their lives are lives of high adventure. Those adventures, from the sublime to the ridiculous, form the storyline of the film, told against the background of Magnús' dilemma.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1989-08-11
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December
Overview: December is a present-day tale set in Reykjavik during the holiday season. Jonni (Tomas Lemarquis) returns to Iceland to spend Christmas with his family and to record an album with his old (one-hit-wonder) band. He soon finds out that circumstances in his family have changed dramatically and his friends have moved on. We follow Jonni as he deals with this blunt new reality. Tomas Lemarquis, the star of Noi the Albino, plays Jonni, a musician who after a long time living abroad returns to home Iceland to spend Christmas with his family and record an album with his old (one-hit-wonder) band. He soon finds out that family circumstances have changed dramatically and that his friends have moved on. Dealing with this blunt new reality, Jonni also has to wrestle with the reigniting of an old flame, as he helps his family make Christmas merry in spite of everything.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2009-11-06
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Dís
Overview: Dís, 23, is still to decide what to do with her life. Obsessed by the thought of being "abnormally normal", a mere photocopy of long lost original, she wanders from one odd job to another and tries out various cources at the University. A guiding light comes her way from an unexpected direction.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2004-09-03
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Epilogues
Overview: An old man comes home with the ashes of his dead wife in an urn. As he waits for the kettle to boil, the relentless hissing of boiling water brings to mind memories. There is nothing ahead for the old man, only lack of purpose, sense of loss and loneliness. He embarks on a journey.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2024-10-17
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Háflóð
Overview: When a mysterious woman plans to take a taxi to the beach in the middle of a winter night, her driver begins to suspect that she is going to walk into the sea.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2024-04-08
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Small Mountain
Overview: Not expecting his son back today, Emil is brought to face his past, his family, his community, after he finds himself stuck upon the small mountain. This will be a day to remember.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2008-03-14
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Playing with Balls
Overview: A lesbian in midlife crisis acts on her desire to escape the day to day routine only to find disappointment instead of that absolute bliss she hoped for.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-05
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The Icelandic Dream
Overview: A business man and weekend dad is getting worn down by family trouble, business failure and the continuous loss of his favorite football team. He decides to start importing Bulgarian energy cigarettes in a last ditch attempt at success ... his best friend soon advises that suicide might be his best option.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2000-09-07
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Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
Overview: Jet lives a joyful life working at a factory with his girlfriend who he's deeply in love with. Shortly after they decide to get married and live together happily ever after her cat, who she has a weird affection for, dies. The girlfriend falls into depression which could (strangely enough) lead to her death and the only way to give her a purpose to live and save her is to tell her the meaning of life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Foxtrot
Overview: Tommi and his half brother Kiddi travel through Iceland with a money transport. A reunion develops into a nightmare after picking up the hitch-hiker Lísa.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1988-08-25
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Redux
Overview: In an idyllic South Icelandic village, an aimless delivery driver’s life is upended when her half-brother disappears following his wife’s suspicious demise.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2023-03-09
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Hver drap Friðrik Dór?
Overview: Villi Neto investigates the potential death of singer Friðrik Dór. On his hunt for truth Villi discovers that the conspiracy is much larger and deeper than anyone could have suspected.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2021-02-25
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Munda
Overview: Munda is a 70 year old priest who has to find herself again once she's suddenly made to renounce her priesthood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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The Sky Palace
Overview: Emily is a young boy that dreams about owning a dog and he starts working so he can save up to buy one. Meanwhile his family are dealing with money problems.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Dramarama
Overview: Five stories interwine into one. A blind man hovers above the city. Everything looks set for a perfectly normal evening in Reykjavík, until the the power goes off?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2001-01-19
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