Life in a Fishbowl

Life in a Fishbowl
Film poster
Directed by	Baldvin Zophoníasson
Written by	Baldvin Zophoníasson Birgir Örn Steinarsson
Starring	Hera Hilmar
Music by	Ólafur Arnalds[1]
Release date	16 May 2014 (2014-05-16)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	Iceland
Language	Icelandic

Life in a Fishbowl (Icelandic: Vonarstræti, literally Hope Street) is a 2014 Icelandic drama film directed by Baldvin Zophoníasson.^[2][3] It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.^[4] It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.^[5]

Plot

The movie follows three people living in Reykjavik in 2006. Eik, a kindergarten teacher and mother struggling to make money thus working as part time as a prostitute, Sölvi, a former athlete who is now in the corporate world and Móri, an older man struggling with alcoholism.

Cast

• Hera Hilmar as Eik
• Thor Kristjansson as Sölvi
• Ingvar Þórðarson as Hannes
• Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as Gústi
• Þorsteinn Bachmann as Móri
• Laufey Elíasdóttir as Aníta
• Birgir Örn Steinarsson as Rakari / Barber
• Markus Reymann as Gerald

See also

• List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. Vonarstræti/Life in a Fishbowl. Favourites Film Festival. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
2. "Toronto Film Review: 'Life in a Fishbowl'". Variety. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
3. "Life in a Fishbowl: Toronto Review". Hollywood Reporter. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
4. "Life in a Fishbowl". TIFF. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
5. "Iceland submits Life in a Fishbowl to Oscars". Screen International. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

External links

• Life in a Fishbowl at IMDb