Life in a Fishbowl
2014 film
- 16 May 2014 (2014-05-16)
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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
- Hera Hilmar as Eik
- Thor Kristjansson as Sölvi
- Ingvar Þórðarson as Hannes
- Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as Gústi
- Þorsteinn Bachmann as Móri
- Laufey Elíasdóttir as Aníta
- Birgir Örn Steinarsson as Rakari / Barber
- Markus Reymann as Gerald
See also
- List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ Vonarstræti/Life in a Fishbowl. Favourites Film Festival. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Toronto Film Review: 'Life in a Fishbowl'". Variety. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Life in a Fishbowl: Toronto Review". Hollywood Reporter. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Life in a Fishbowl". TIFF. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Iceland submits Life in a Fishbowl to Oscars". Screen International. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
External links
- Life in a Fishbowl at IMDb
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Icelandic submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- Angels of the Universe (2000)
- The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
- The Sea (2002)
- Noi the Albino (2003)
- Cold Light (2004)
- Ahead of Time (2005)
- Children (2006)
- Jar City (2007)
- White Night Wedding (2008)
- Reykjavík-Rotterdam (2009)
- Mamma Gógó (2010)
- Volcano (2011)
- The Deep (2012)
- Of Horses and Men (2013)
- Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
- Rams (2015)
- Sparrows (2016)
- Under the Tree (2017)
- Woman at War (2018)
- A White, White Day (2019)
- Agnes Joy (2020)
- Lamb (2021)
- Beautiful Beings (2022)
- Godland (2023)
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