Life in a Fishbowl
Film poster
Directed byBaldvin Zophoníasson
Written byBaldvin Zophoníasson
Birgir Örn Steinarsson
StarringHera Hilmar
Music byÓlafur Arnalds[1]
Release date
  • 16 May 2014 (2014-05-16)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIceland
LanguageIcelandic

Life in a Fishbowl (Icelandic: Vonarstræti, literally Hope Street) is a 2014 Icelandic drama film directed by Baldvin Zophoníasson.[2][3] It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[5]

Plot

The movie follows three people living in Reykjavik in 2006. Eik, a kindergarten teacher and mother struggling to make money thus working as part time as a prostitute, Sölvi, a former athlete who now in the corporate world and Móri, an older man struggling with alcoholism.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ Vonarstræti/Life in a Fishbowl. Favourites Film Festival. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Toronto Film Review: 'Life in a Fishbowl'". Variety. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Life in a Fishbowl: Toronto Review". Hollywood Reporter. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Life in a Fishbowl". TIFF. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Iceland submits Life in a Fishbowl to Oscars". Screen International. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

External links

Icelandic submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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