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THE SEA

by Baltasar Kormákur

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)

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