Stormy Weather ( Stormviðri )

Stormy Weather (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Stormviðri
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
Icelandic ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )
Iceland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Sólveig Anspach

Written By:
Sólveig Anspach
Roger Bohbot

Actors:
Élodie Bouchez ..... Cora
Didda Jónsdóttir ..... Loa
Baltasar Kormákur ..... Einar
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson ..... Gunnar
Christophe Sermet ..... Romain
Natan Cogan ..... Grandfather
Sigridur Bragadottir ..... Le médecin-chef
Christian Crahay ..... Tinna
Fabrice De Coster ..... David
Sigurdur Ellasson ..... Gudrun
Vincent Feuillen ..... Mademoiselle Ramirez
Tinna Gudmundsdóttir
Davíð Örn Halldórsson
Thuuridur Helgadottir
Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir
Geoffrey Lhoir
Pierre Mestree
Marisa Murgia
Benjamin Nickel
François Petry
Ragnhyeidur Sigurdardóttir
Sigrun Thorsteindottir
Marina Tomé
Nadège Virumbrales

Synopsis:

A very sad but genuinely human story. The middle-aged Icelandic woman Loa is seriously mentally ill. Finally it turns out that her husband is a latent alcoholic who submits to his addiction whenever Loa leaves him. When she is at home, she is living a normal life and taking care of her children. Sometimes she cannot stand it any longer and just runs away. During one such tour she was eventually found in England. During the tour of the present movie she has ended up in a mental hospital in France, without identification papers and apparently being mute. The young psychiatrist Cora is in charge of her and applies unorthodox methods. She is the only one who suspected that Loa might not be French. Interpol soon identified Loa and on Cora's day off she was sent home. Cora immediately flows to Iceland, where everyone including Loa's husband thinks she is a tourist wanting to see the volcano. Loa is prepared to follow Cora back to the French hospital. Unfortunately, the local doctor happens to see them on their way to the boat. He knows nothing of psychiatry and prevents what he perceives as 'criminal kidnapping'. The movie ends with a complete failure for both Loa and Cora.

In a busy train station, behind the opening doors of an elevator stands a woman. Forty years old, she is leaning against one of its side. The moment the passengers are about to enter the elevator, she pushes them away. She panics. They argue. Cora, a young psychology student takes her defence. Finally, the panicking woman is arrested by the police. No identity, silent, she stands like "off the world ".

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 October, 2008.

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