Paul has schizophrenia. Thrown out of the social context, he sinks into a deep crisis of personality. But occasionally, Paul and his three friends in the clinic manage to bridge personal gaps with humor. One of the friends, Oli Beatles, is sacredly convinced that he wrote all the Beatles songs and telepathically sent them to the performers. Another buddy, Victor, sometimes lightly reincarnates into Adolf Hitler. Another friend of Paul’s room, Peter, lost his head when he was drugged and is dreaming that he has written a doctoral dissertation on Schiller at a Chinese university. Every buddy has their own idea fix, which they profess and defend ...
The film was awarded the Best Film in Iceland in 2000, won prizes for best directing and roles (Ingvar Sigurdsson, Björn Jörundur Fridbjörnsson, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir) and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2000 Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The film was a huge success: a quarter of Iceland’s population flooded cinemas to watch it.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 35 min.
- Country, year
- Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, 1999
- Genre
- Drama, Biographical
- Language
- Icelandic
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
- Screenplay
- Einar Guðmundsson
- Cinematography
- Harald Gunnar Paalgard
- Music
- Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
- Cast
- Ingvar Sigurdsson, Baltasar Kormákur, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
Fridrik Thór Fridriksson is one of the most original Icelandic authors, film directors and producers. He started his film making career with experimental films and documentaries. He led the Film Club of universities, founded one of the first Icelandic Film archieves, was one of the initiators of the Reykjavik International Film Festival. His feature films „White Whales“ (1987), „Children of Nature“ (1991) and „Devil‘s Island“ (1996) and „Falcons“ (2002) achieved international succsess.
