From Iceland to Eden 2019
- Director: Snaevar Sölvason
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Thelma Huld Jóhannesdóttir, Hansel Eagle
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Neither of them
- Why? Iceland
- Seen: 11 February 2024
Running from the police, Oli (Eagle)
finds an unlocked door and enters the flat. He discovers an OD’d woman in the
bathtub, Loa (Jóhannesdóttir) and resuscitates her. Her boyfriend is dead in
the other room. Bad guys pound on the door and they run.
Drugs, dreams, despair.
This is not the Reykjavik Hal and I saw
when we stopped off in Iceland some years ago. Of course we were not young drug
dealers, being chased by cops and bad guys.
Drugs are not cool, people. They’re very
bad. But these two young Icelandic druggie protagonists are sort of endearing
and I just wish they could make a better life for themselves.
It’s been called an Icelandic Trainspotting. Could be. Whatever. The film is better than I expected and ‘Sleigh Ride’ in Icelandic gives it an extra hallucinatory *.
4*
of 5
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