THE SEA
synopsis
In a remote little fishing village on a beautiful fjord in Iceland no one seems to notice the incredibly majestic nature there. Like everywhere else, material well-being is the driving force. Life revolves around fish and the worldly wealth that harvesting the sea can create. Thordur Haraldsson too has a lifetime’s fishing behind him...
| international title: | The Sea |
| original title: | Hafið |
| country: | Iceland, France, Norway |
| sales agent: | Pyramide International |
| year: | 2002 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Baltasar Kormákur |
| film run: | 90' |
| release date: | IS 13/09/2002, FI 21/02/2003, FR 26/03/2003, NO 11/04/2003, NL 24/04/2003, DK 25/12/2003 |
| screenplay: | Baltasar Kormákur, Ólafur Haukur Símonarson |
| cast: | Gunnar Eyjólfsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hilmir Snær Gudnason, Herdís Thorvaldsdóttir, Gudrún Gísladóttir |
| cinematography by: | Jean-Louis Vialard |
| film editing: | Valdís Óskarsdóttir |
| art director: | Tonie Zetterström |
| costumes designer: | Þórunn Elísabet Sveinsdóttir |
| music: | Jón Ásgeirsson |
| producer: | Baltasar Kormákur, Jean-François Fonlupt, Egil Ødegård |
| production: | Blueeyes Productions, Emotion Pictures, Filmhuset |
| backing: | Icelandic Film Fund, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Eurimages |
| distributor: | Háskólabíó, Pyramide (FR), Scandinavian Entertainment Group (NO), A-Film Distribution (NL), Lady Film (IT), Øst for Paradis (DK) |
