"Śmiech mewy" (Mávahlátur)
directed by: Ágúst Gudmundsson
script: Ágúst Gudmundsson
photography: Peter Joachim-Krause
music: Ronen Waniewitz
starring: Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir (Freya), Ugla Eigilsdóttir (Agga), Heino Ferch (Björn Theódór), Hilmir Snær Gudnason (Magnús)
production: Iceland, 2001
running time: 102 minutes
2001 Icelandic Film Awards EDDA – Best Film, Best Direction, Best Script, Best Female Role (M. Vilhjálmdóttir), Best Supporting Male Role (H. S. Gudnason), Best Supporting Female Role (K. Kjeld); International Film Festival – Karlove Vary 2001 – Best Female Role (U. Eigilsdóttir);
Almost eleven-year-old Agga keeps on spying on beautiful Freya, who has just been widowed and returned from the United States. She is a captivating, sensual and dangerous woman, who upends the status quo and the society’s stale values. She rebels against authorities and family traditions as well as her own husband and mother-in-law but she does so with a lot of charm and appeal. This captivating comedy changes its tone the moment one of Freya’s troublesome opponents dies under mysterious circumstances.
Original audio with Polish subtitles.