101 REYKJAVIK
Baltasar Kormakur
With: Victoria Abril, Hilmir Sn’r Gudnason, Hanna Maria Karlsdottir,
Baltasar Kormakur, Olafur darri Olafsson, Thrudur Vilhjalmdottir
Production: Icelandic Film Fund
(Ingvar H. Thòrdarson and Baltasar Kormakur)
Duration: 1h30
Year of production: 2000
French release date: 31 Octobre, 2001
Nationality: Iceland
Written by: Baltasar Kormakur, based on the author: Hallgrimur Helgason
French distribution: Sagittaire Films
Coproducers: Zentropa Entertainments, Filmhuset et Liberator Productions.
Format: 35 mm,
Format sound: Dolby Digital
DOP: Peter Steuger
Sound: Kjartan Kjartansson
Editor: Skule Eriksen, Sigvaldi J. Karason
Synopsis
Trailer
Hlynur Björn, an RMist in his thirties, continues to take life as it comes, refusing all forms of constraint and commitment. He still lives with his mother, who's proud of having been able to keep her son by her side.
The women know that Hlynur is handsome. When the young man goes to the trendy bars of Reykjavik's 101 district, it is rare that he returns alone. But his numerous conquests teach nothing to Hlynur, who continues to consider women as a species of aliens.
Until the day the seducer falls in love with one of his mother's friends, a bubbly Spanish woman with the sweet name of Lola. The latter is all the more desirable as she prefers women.
Prizes
The book on which the film was based was nominated for the Literary Prize of the Nordic Council.