Streaming availability in United States
Where to Watch The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
Sometimes it's not about whodunit... but why
Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or slighted her. She moves in with an aunt and socialist uncle: finding a new husband is high on her agenda, and she's mistrusted by Agga, a pre-teen who's our eyes and ears. The social order and Freyja are more complicated than they seem at first, and so may be her prospects. Class divisions, families ties, pride, the onset of puberty, and the power of Eros sliver the ice.
DramaComedy 102 min 5.5/10 from 15 votes
Where to Watch
Rent
Buy
Cast
- Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir as Freyja
- Ugla Egilsdóttir as Agga
- Heino Ferch as Björn Theódór
- Hilmir Snær Guðnason as Magnús
- Kristbjörg Kjeld as Grandmother