The seventies. Insurance company detective Holt (Forest Whitaker) arrives in the gloomy and dying village of Hastings in Minnesota. His task is to find out if the famous artist Kelvin Anderson actually died in a car accident while traveling to his sister. Local police are convinced that the body found is Kelvin's body, but the detective has doubts about this fact. Identification is not possible because the body is too burned, and the coquettish sister of the deceased and her unpredictable husband behave rather strangely. In his first film in English, the famous Icelandic director and actor Baltasar Korm? Fuel proves the ability to create a convincing image of the state of Minnesota in Iceland. The famous Lithuanian theater and film actor Vladas Bagdonas also plays in this film.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 26 min.
- Country, year
- Iceland, United States, 2005
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Language
- Icelandic
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Baltasar Kormákur
- Screenplay
- Baltasar Kormakur, Edward Martin Weinman
- Cinematography
- Óttar Gurnason
- Music
- Mugison
- Cast
- Forest Whitaker, Julia Stiles, Jeremy Renner, Peter Coyote, Alfred Harmsworth, Vladas Bagdonas
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Baltasar Kormákur
Baltasaras Kormákuras (g. 1966) režisieriaus ir aktoriaus veiklą pradėjo baigęs studijas Islandijos dramos akademijoje. Vienas geriausių ir populiariausių jaunosios kartos Islandijos aktorių tarptautinio pripažinimo susilaukė atlikęs vaidmenis savo kraštiečio režisieriaus Fridriko Thóro Fridrikssono filmuose „Velnio sala“ („Djöflaeyjan“, 1996) ir „Visatos angelai“ („Englar alheimsins“, 1999). Kaip režisierius, scenaristas ir prodiuseris sėkmingai debiutavo filmu „101 Reikjavikas“ („101 Reykjavik“, 2000), kuris laimėjo Jaunosios žiuri prizą Lokarno festivalyje, „FIPRESCI“ prizą Salonikuose ir Atradimo prizą Toronte.
