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The Dance

09/25/1998

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1hr 23min

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Drama

,Comedy

STORY

Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama, adapted from the short story We Must Dance by William Heinesen, and set on an island in 1913. Pétur (Gunnar Helgason) narrates, recalling the days when mainlanders arrived for a wedding. Flirtatious Sirsa (Pálína Jónsdottir) marries Harald (Dofri Hermannsson), son of a wealthy landowner on the island. Offshore, a ship is sinking, so the men form a rescue party, returning with the captain, the engineer, and several sailors. With a storm gathering, the engineer dies. The clergyman requests an end to the festivities as a mark of respect. Sirsa protests, but her new husband brings the celebration to a halt. The group then fragments into different activities, drunken or otherwise, and the sensual Sirsa directs her attention toward the handsome Ívar (Baldur Trausti Hreinsson). The film's score features traditional folk music.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Gunnar Helgason
  • Joi Johannsson
  • Benedikt Erlingsson
  • Baldur Trausti Hreinsson
  • Magnús Ólafsson

    Director

  • Ágúst Guðmundsson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • IsFilm

    Production Countries

  • Iceland

LANGUAGES

  • Icelandic

Cast

Gunnar Helgason

Pétur

Joi Johannsson

Vítus

Baldur Trausti Hreinsson

Ívar

Magnús Ólafsson

Sýslumaður

Gísli Halldórsson

Nikulás

Pálína Jónsdóttir

Sirsa

Dofri Hermannsson

Haraldur

Arnar Jónsson

Djákni

Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir

Móðir Haraldar

Björk Jakobsdóttir

Theodóra

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