16 Apr 2010
Life During Wartime
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solondz's film Happiness (1998).
Magnús
Magnús is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnús to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end sooner than he expected, he wants to know how much it's been worth to him. Has life been worth living? Is it worth fighting for; is it worth a struggle against death? He takes a look at his family, a group of ordinary people, who are the colourful heroes of everyday life, struggling along in a world far removed from the world of high finance, power politics and international intrigues, but yet to them their lives are lives of high adventure. Those adventures, from the sublime to the ridiculous, form the storyline of the film, told against the background of Magnús' dilemma.
Top Billed Cast
Egill Ólafsson Magnús
Þórhallur Sigurðsson Theódór Ólafsson
Guðrún Gísladóttir Helena Ólafsdóttir
Jón Sigurbjörnsson Ólafur Theódórsson
Margrét Ákadóttir Laufey Hrímfjörð
María Ellingsen Edda Magnúsdóttir
Ingimar Oddsson Ólafur Magnússon
Erlingur Gíslason Dr. Óðinn
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson Gísli
Árni Pétur Guðjónsson Símon
Randver Þorláksson Jónas the lawyer
Örn Árnason Shopkeeper
Lilja Þórisdóttir Svala friend of Teddi
Gunnar Eyjólfsson Poet at art exhibition
Edda V. Guðmundsdóttir Sigríður the secretary
Kristinn Hákonarson Horse tamer
Ari Eggertsson Flower salesman
Þórunn Sigurðardóttir Policewoman
Þórarinn Óskar Þórarinsson Policeman
Björn Karlsson Digger
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