Falcons ( Fálkar ) ( Le Faucon islandais )

Falcons (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Fálkar
Alternate Title: Le Faucon islandais
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Production Notes
Trailer(s)
Uncut
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Iceland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Norway ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

Written By:
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Einar Kárason

Actors:
Keith Carradine ..... Simon
Rafi Guessous ..... Doorman
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir ..... Dúa
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson ..... Cop (as Ingvar E. Sigurðsson)
Magnús Ólafsson ..... Lobbi
Margrét Ólafsdóttir ..... Auntie
Friðrik Friðriksson ..... Young Policeman
Axel Prahl ..... Car Seller
Marisa Calcagno ..... Sabine
Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir ..... Barmaid
Ramin Yazdani ..... Scarface
Geo von Krogh ..... Man from Salvation Army
Hark Bohm ..... A Man of the World
Guðmundur Ólafsson ..... Doctor
Theódór Júlíusson ..... Bus Driver

Synopsis:

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's Falkar (Falcons) is a drama set in Reykjavik, Iceland. Simon (Keith Carradine) is an American who returns to Iceland after 30 years (and a stretch in prison) away. He becomes involved with an artist named Dua (Margret Vilhjalmsdottir) who is illegally keeping a falcon. After she is raped by a police officer (Ingvar E. Sigurdsson), Dua and Simon go on the run. Falcons was screened at the Toronto Film Festival.

Simon, who has taken too many punches from this world and has done too much time in U.S. prisons, returns to his ancestral homeland, Iceland, resigned to kill himself. Before he can complete the task, he meets Dúa, a free spirit he believes may well be his daughter. Simon rescues Dúa from a close scrape with the law and together they escape to Hamburg, smuggling an Icelandic falcon - the most prized export of the Vikings. Their plan is to sell it to a wealthy Arab. A great idea until they try it.

Simon a mysterious man with a past returns to Iceland with the intention to end his no good life. Before he can complete his task he meets a young women DÚA who he believes might be his daughter. When she gets into trouble with the police Simon represses his death wish and decides to help her out. Together they flee to the city of Hamburg and smuggle with them what used to be the greatest export of the Vikings, an Icelandic Falcon. Their plan is to sell it to wealthy Arabs.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 November, 2006.

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