The cold sea

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Movie
German title The cold sea
Original title Hafid
Country of production Iceland / France
Norway
original language Icelandic , Norwegian , English
Publishing year 2002
length 109 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Baltasar Kormákur
script Baltasar Kormákur
Ólafur Haukur Símonarson
production Baltasar Kormákur
Jean-François Fonlupt
music Jón Asgeirsson
camera Jean-Louis Vialard
cut Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir
occupation

The Cold Sea (Icelandic original title: Hafið) is an Icelandic film by the director and actor Baltasar Kormákur . Against the background of a family tragedy, the story illuminates the social and economic upheavals in the country and the difficulties faced by the younger Icelandic generation in identifying with their homeland and their very own living conditions.

action

The old Thordur, patriarch and owner of a fishing company, calls his three children over to clarify his succession. Ágúst, who lives in Paris and is traveling with his pregnant girlfriend, has no interest in the business and is more concerned with his music than with the business studies, which is why he originally went to Paris. The eldest son Haraldur, who works in the company, is looking around for a potential buyer and daughter Ragnheidur is already thinking about what to buy with the proceeds. Thordur does not want to accept the disinterest of the children and declares war on them. It is not only about the future of the company, but also about uncovering family secrets that lie in the past.

Reviews

  • “ ... the family drama is structured so predictably, the conflict is so little perceived individually, that the characters have to throw platitudes at each other ('We were never good enough for you', Agust calls out to his father, and what more of the empty phrases are). At most, they are allowed to mimic to break out of the concept, which seems to provide roles rather than individuals (and makes the great family secret that is then revealed look as unsurprising as most passages in the film). "(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
  • “ 'Die kalte See' could be reminiscent of great family dramas in the Visconti style. But the material and especially the way it is presented depress the level. The cuts that cut up the opening credits promise excitement. It is exactly the same. The director is not interested in distance. Woodcut-like figures replace the announced 'character studies'. "(Daily mirror)
  • “ Even if the director tries to counteract this Nordic anger with black humor notes from the provinces - the 'cold sea', that is also the bloodstream of the protagonists. That every second Icelander has seen this film and that 'The Cold Sea' is the most successful local film of all time - everyone should make their own sense of that. " (The world)

Awards

The Cold Sea is the country's most successful film to date. He won eight Eddas (Iceland's national film award) and was nominated for four other Eddas. At the International Istanbul Film Festival in 2003, the film won a FIPRESCI award for “closely monitoring the social and cultural wounds of a crumbling family facing globalization ”; and at the Norwegian Tromsø Internasjonale Film Festival in 2003 he was awarded the Tromsø Audience Award .

General

The location of the film is the East Icelandic settlement Neskaupstaður . The movie fire that destroyed the fish factory unintentionally did some real damage.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tromsø Internasjonale Film Festival: Power to the people . Retrieved April 5, 2011 (Norwegian)