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SYNOPSIS
Óttar Thor is a champion soccer star, handsome and arrogant, who
after winning a game casually tells a journalist he’s gay. Imagine the
surprise to his ex-wife, a former Miss Iceland, his teenage son,
already
sullen and troubled, and his father, Thor’s macho coach.
A breezy and feisty dramatic comedy directed by Róbert I.
Douglas, this is a story about a man who, much to the chagrin of his
family, exchanges one sort of domesticity for another. After choosing a
same-sex partner, he is kicked off the championship team where players
are presumably straight. But once a player, always a player, and
Óttar is offered a spot on a team in a basement soccer league
that gay sportsmen from all over Iceland soon insist on joining. The
ensemble cast is pitch perfect, as is the tone in this lively account
of the surprising accommodations people are capable of making.
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DIRECTED BY
Róbert I. Douglas
CAST:
Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
"Óttar"
Helgi Björnsson
"Pétur"
Arnmundur Ernst
"Magnús"
Lilja Nótt
Thórarinsdottir "Gugga"
Sigurdur Skúlason
"Eiríkur"
Iceland/Finland/United Kingdom
RT: 85 min, 35mm color, sound Dolby
Digital, Dolby SR, aspect ratio: 2.35 scope,
In Icelandic with English subtitles
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