This an interesting treatise on fear of the unknown, and on the effects of living in an isolated community in Iceland. Boas,the son of the Village's Church Minister sees a creature on the Ice Floe, and tries to get closer acquainted. Unfortunately, there is an avalanche, and Boas is buried. As he's lying under the ice, an opening appears above him and a hand reaches through and tweaks his nose, vigorously! Hjalti Runar Jonsson and Hans Tittus Nakinge are great choices to play the friends who don't speak each other's languages. Einar orn Einarsson (Manni from Nonni and Manni) puts in a fleeting appearance as a sailor.
The film was originally recorded in Icelandic and Greenlandic, but the only copy I've managed to locate in the UK is the Giffoni film festival release, which is dubbed into Italian, with Italian subtitles for the hard of hearing.
The film was originally recorded in Icelandic and Greenlandic, but the only copy I've managed to locate in the UK is the Giffoni film festival release, which is dubbed into Italian, with Italian subtitles for the hard of hearing.