Overview
Set in present-day Reykjavík, Fiasco draws a narrative circle of interconnecting stories in which three members of the Bardal household deal with the secret loves in their lives. Karl, an old age pensioner, is busy chasing after an amnesic old screen legend. Julia, Karl's granddaughter, is torn between a mediocre bank manager and a wild sailor, and tells them both she is pregnant. But is she really? Steingerdur, Julia's mother, has a wild crush on a preacher who has a serious drinking problem, and ends up with a dead stripper in his Jacuzzi. The characters cross each other as the film progresses, until the three interwoven strands of the story finally come together in an explosive and hilarious crescendo full of surprises.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 10, 2000
- Original language
- Icelandic
- Spoken languages
- English, Icelandic
- Countries
- Iceland
- Production
- Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen,Zentropa Entertainments,Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan,Zik Zak Filmworks,Tradewind Pictures,Rhein-Film
- Cast
- Sigurður Björgvinsson,Halldór Gylfason,Guðjón Sigmundsson,Arnfríður Sigurdórsdóttir,Kristbjörg Kjeld,Róbert Arnfinnsson,Hallgrímur Oddsson,Gunnar B. Guðmundsson,Margrét Ákadóttir,Lárus Jónssonand 32 more
- Director
- Ragnar Bragason
- Writer
- Ragnar Bragason
- Producer
- Thor Sigurjonsson,Uwe Boll,Skuli Fr. Malmquist,Peter Aalbæk Jensen,Thomas Springer,Helmut Weber,Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
- Cinematography
- Ágúst Jakobsson
- Music
- Barði Jóhannsson
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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