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White Night Wedding (2008)

White Night Wedding poster
Original title
Brúðguminn
Directed by
Baltasar Kormákur
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Iceland
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
L
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged man prepares to marry a much younger woman on a remote Icelandic island. Old regrets and new complications surface as the wedding approaches.

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What happens

White Night Wedding (Icelandic: Brúðguminn) is a 2008 Icelandic film directed by Baltasar Kormákur. The bittersweet comedy, about the never-ending search for love and happiness, takes place in Flatey, Breiðafjörður, western Iceland. The film is loosely based on the play Ivanov by Anton Chekhov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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