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The Sea
The VHS cover
Directed byBaltasar Kormákur
Written byOlafur Haukur Símonarson (play)
Baltasar Kormákur
StarringGunnar Eyjólfsson
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Hélène de Fougerolles
Edited byValdís Óskarsdóttir
Release date
2002
Running time
109 minutes
CountryIceland / France / Norway
LanguageIcelandic / Norwegian / English

The Sea, (Icelandic: Hafið (pronunciationⓘ)), is a 2002 Icelandic film, directed by Baltasar Kormákur. The film tells the story of a wealthy Icelandic family, owners of a fish industry company in a small Icelandic coastal town, and various family issues they have to deal with.

Production

The Sea was filmed almost entirely in and around Neskaupstaður.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 50% approval rating, based on 52 reviews with an average rating of 5.7/10.[1] On Metacritic, The Sea holds a 52 out of a 100 rank, which is based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed to average reviews".[2]

Awards

The film won eight awards at the Edda Awards, Iceland in 2002 (Best Actor for Gunnar Eyjólfsson, Best Actress for Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor for Sigurður Skúlason, Best Supporting Actress for Herdís Þorvaldsdóttir, Film of the Year and Professional Category: Sound/Vision), where it was also nominated for 4 more awards. In the same year, it was nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize and for the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. In 2003, it won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Istanbul International Film Festival, where it was also nominated for the Golden Tulip, and the Audience Award at the Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway.

References

  1. ^ "The Sea (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ "The Sea". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

External links


Baltasar Kormákur
Icelandic submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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