Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Sigla himinfley (1996)

Sigla himinfley poster
Genre
drama
Country
Iceland
Length
1 season, 4 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Icelandic miniseries follows a powerful fishing family in the Vestmannaeyjar islands. It shows their personal and professional conflicts as they manage their business and relationships.

slow-burnmelancholicatmosphericfamily-centricgroundedquietly tensereflectiveearthy

What happens

Sigla himinfley (English: Sail Boats of Heaven) is an Icelandic drama miniseries created by Þráinn Bertelsson. The series takes place in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, and follows the lives of an influential family in the fishing industry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Browse movies and series

press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?