Home / Catalog / Movie /
Descubre como ahorrar en tus suscripciones con Sharingful

The Dance

APPROPIATE

1998 / 83min.

Rating5.5

Genres

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Ágúst Guðmundsson

Actors

Joi Johannsson Benedikt Erlingsson Gunnar Helgason Pálína Jónsdóttir Dofri Hermannsson Baldur Trausti Hreinsson Arnar Jónsson Lilja Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir Magnús Ólafsson Gísli Halldórsson

Similar

For any questions, you can contact us via email. Remember that you can also write to us through the chat in the bottom right corner.