Albatross (2015)

Directed by

Snævar Sölvi Sölvason

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Iceland

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

Leyfð

Rating

3.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man tags along with his girlfriend to a remote Icelandic fjord for the summer. She soon breaks up with him and he drifts without a plan, stuck in a strange place before starting a university course he does not want.

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What happens

Albatross is a 2015 Icelandic comedy drama film directed and written by Snævar Sölvi Sölvason. It stars Hansel Eagle as a young man who follows his girlfriend up to the Westfjords for a summer, prior to beginning a university course he’s not passionate about, and soon finds himself dumped and directionless. The film premiered on 18 June 2015. The film was funded independently, with its post production financing coming through the Karolina Fund crowdfunding site. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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