101 Reykjavík

101 Reykjavík

  • Director: Baltasar Kormákur
  • Writer: Hallgrímur Helgason,Baltasar Kormákur
  • Countries of origin: Iceland, Denmark, France, Norway, Germany
  • Language: Icelandic, English, Spanish
  • Release date: June 1, 2000
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: 101 Reikiavik
  • 101 Reykjavík is a comedy-drama directed by Batasa Komaku and starring Victoria Abril and Hermir Heaney Gunathan.
    The film tells the story of a 30-year-old child Shinao who has a one-night stand and a pregnancy with a Spanish girl Lola, who teaches Femmingo.

    Details

    • Release date June 1, 2000
    • Filming locations Reykjavík, Iceland
    • Production companies Blueeyes Productions, Filmhuset AS, Liberator Productions

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $126,404

    Gross worldwide

    $546,459

    Movie reviews

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    • By Ernest 2022-04-09 08:01:05

      You are black, I am not black

      Thirty-year-old Shinau still lives in a cramped apartment with her mother, lives on unemployment benefits, and spends her days in bars besides watching pornographic web pages. In Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, the wind and snow are all year round, and it is rare for the clouds to open and the sun rises a few times, but the people living here are optimistic and open-minded, and the bars are full of thrill-seeking people every day.

      My mother's Spanish flamenco teacher became a...

    • By Arturo 2022-04-09 08:01:05

      One cannot always be in death

      Dark laughter

      hey
      I'm a man of
      eternity with
      no purpose or intention

      I stand on the square
      talking to the happiness of the day
      I lie in the grass and
      let the moment fly like
      a flaming butterfly
      into eternal bliss
      I sit on the side of the road
      laughing Into the night
      long, mocking laughter

      Hi
      I'm a man of
      eternity with
      no purpose or intent

      I'll show you the seas
      desolate, roadless...

    • By Ulises 2022-04-09 08:01:05

      Life is a repetition of makeovers

      It can also be said to be absurdity with a new face. There seems to be no reason to live without absurdity. Even if there is no reason to live, we still live well.
      This is not a boring film. Heiner finally became a policeman. It's a bit similar to The big man Napoleon. Pullover sweater and black-rimmed glasses is a typical image of a madman whose life is not satisfactory.
      His mother's girlfriend slept with him and had a child. His mother asked him to call this child his brother....

    • By Christop 2022-04-09 08:01:05

      Fever under the ice and snow "Happiness under the freezing point"

      The film is an Icelandic film. Probably the only Icelandic movie I've ever seen.

      Surprisingly, this film is not as cold as I imagined. The Nordic films in my impression are full of artistic accents, with long shots, dull people, less talk, and philosophical play, refusing people thousands of miles away!

      The plot of the movie is very ups and downs! The protagonist Haina is a 30-year-old unmarried otaku who lives with his mother, has...

    • By Ollie 2022-04-09 08:01:05

      A very cold joke from Iceland


          Last year I was super obsessed with Nordic films, especially Danish films. Danish short films used to be very NB, the short film awards at top film festivals like Shaina and Oscar are almost always swept away by the student assignments in this country, I have seen a collection of Danish short films and was a student at the same school Graduation portfolio, I am amazed to see it. In terms of production level, it is completely at the level of half a blockbuster. Each short film is making...

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    • By Jacques 2023-06-25 16:14:14

      I can only look up to the messy life of the Icelandic people with envy and hatred. Btw, the people who watch the wind and snow are really...

    • By Katrine 2023-05-25 19:52:41

      It is a special angle, but the ethics are still relatively difficult to...

    • By Chadrick 2023-05-25 11:44:38

      Cult film sure enough Iceland...

    • By Jeffry 2023-02-27 06:17:55

      He's kind of like me but I don't watch porn and I'm not in love with a woman at the same time as my...

    • By Lupe 2023-01-13 13:17:57

      Soundtrack by Damon...

    Movie plot

    Thirty-year-old Shinau has no major pursuits in life. He browses pornographic websites all day, drinks and hangs out with friends at night, lives at home by receiving welfare benefits, and does not handle relationships with women. He was sincere and he was absent-minded. When her mother returned to her grandmother's house on Christmas Day, her friend Laura (Victoria Abril) came to the house and stayed there. The two had a relationship....
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    Movie quotes

    • Hlynur: The boozer-loser-blues piss-up pick-up place. Old meat served on every table. Recycled jawbones kissing, pickled bollocks in pussy juice. Everybody's had everybody. It's like the waiting room at the VD clinic. Everybody locked up in the same DNA chain. Abortions floating between the tables. This place is haunted by unborn children. It's like the family reunion of a non-existent family.

    • Hlynur: The worst thing about AIDS as a method of suicide is that it takes so long to die from it.

    • Hlynur: Family dinner or a funeral... I'd rather go to a funeral, at least there's one less idiot then.