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2000

18th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

101 Reykjavík

101 Reykjavík

Director
Baltasar Kormákur
Year
2000
Run Time
89
min
Country
Iceland
Language
Icelandic
PROGRAM Time
minutes
CONTENT WARNING:
Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing the net while living off unemployment checks. A girl is interested in him, but he stands back from commitment. His mother’s Spanish flamenco teacher, Lola, moves in with them for Christmas. On New Year’s Eve, while his mother is away, Hlynur finds out Lola is a lesbian, but also ends up having sex with her. He soon finds out he and his mother are sharing more than a house. Eventually he must find out where he fits into the puzzle, and how to live life less selfishly.
This film is presented in Icelandic with English subtitles.
In this zany black comedy about social confusion and youth culture in modern Iceland, 28-year-old slacker Hlynur has a passionate one-night stand with a beautiful Spanish woman (played by legendary Spanish actress Victoria Abril), only to discover that she is his mother’s lesbian lover and, worse, that she may be pregnant with his baby. This bitingly funny Almodóvar-style film is at heart a touching story of familial love. In Icelandic with English subtitles.
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