Alexander, a twenty-year-old student, his girlfriend and a schoolmate discover the ins and outs of film-making while shooting a documentary about his family. A gallery of humorous, off-beat characters is revealed, who's seemingly ordinary lives conceal bitter divorces, passionate second marriages, vengeance, luck and misfortune, crime and punishment.
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Gottskálk Dagur Sigurðarson
Alexander
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Ólafur Egill Egilsson
Nói
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Sigurður Sigurjónsson
Tómas
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Sísí
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Karl Ágúst Úlfsson
Bóbó
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Egill Ólafsson
Pétur
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Randver Þorláksson
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Þráinn Bertelsson Director · Jón Karl Helgason Cinematographer Steingrímur Karlsson Editor
First release August 9, 1995 · Produced in Iceland · Original title Einkalíf
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Iceland
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Original title
Einkalíf
Original language
Icelandic
Spoken on screen
Icelandic
Release dates
Iceland · August 9, 1995
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No release date listed for United States.
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