Stormland

Running time: 98 mins

Meet Boddi Steingrimsson. He's an incurable romantic ("But I'm on new drugs and they keep me stable.").

He's a philosopher, a poet become schoolteacher become outlaw, a rock rebelling against the wind, a force of nature on a downhill slide. He's an idealist who sees the world wallowing in materialism and greed. Returned home to northern Iceland after ten years living in Germany, he doesn't like what he sees. What he thinks the world needs is a revolution. What he wants to be is a Viking ("This is no crime story - it's a self-help manual for life itself.").

Based on the novel by Hallgrimur Helgason (101 Reykjavik), and featuring a letter-perfect award-winning performance by Olafur Darri Olafsson as the ill-fated Boddi, Rokland is confirmation of Icelandic cinema's continued excellence.

- Charlie Cockey

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