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White Night Wedding
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Wikipedia article
'White Night Wedding' is a 2008 Icelandic film directed by Baltasar Kormkur. The bittersweet comedy, about the never-ending search for love and happiness, takes place in Flatey, Breiafjrur, western Iceland. The film is loosely based on the play 'Ivanov' by Anton Chekhov.
Plot
The film opens with a wedding rehearsal at a small church in an isolated barren landscape. At the altar groom-to-be Jn, a middle-aged literature professor, is repeatedly interrupted by the ringing of his cell phone, much to the minister's annoyance. The present narrative alternates with flashbacks that depict the disintegration of Jn's first marriage to sensitive artist Anna. Jn's new bride-to-be, Thra, is a former student half his age, which triggers disapproval by some, including his future in-laws. [http://www.blueeyes.is/Films/White-Night-Wedding/ White Night Wedding (Original title: Brdgummin] Retrieved 2011-09-24. As preparations for the wedding unfold during the "white nights" (the shortest nights of the year, when it is never fully dark), the reason for Jn's increasing reluctance to marry is revealed: he and Anna visited the same spot a year earlier, and she died in an accident after she found Jn and Thra making love.[http://www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/index.php?sid=59&ptid=3 IcelandWhite Night Wedding] Retrieved 2011-09-24. The marriage finally takes place, and Jn and Thra settle down to a life very much like the one he had with Anna.
Cast
* Hilmir Snr Gunason as Jn
* Margrt Vilhjlmsdttir as Anna
* Laufey Elasdttir as Thra
* rstur Le Gunnarsson as Brkur
* Jhann Sigursson as Lrus
* lafa Hrnn Jnsdttir as Ss
* lafur Darri lafsson as Sjonni
* Ilmur Kristjnsdttir as Matthildur
* lafur Egill Egilsson as lafur the elder[http://www.blueeyes.is/Films/White-Night-Wedding/Cast/ Cast of 'White Night Wedding'] Retrieved 2011-09-24.
Critical reception
'White Night Wedding' was nominated for the 2008 Nordic Council Film Prize and the 2009 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film. It received seven Edda Awards in 2008:
*Best film
*Best actor
*Best supporting actor (rstur Le Gunnarsson)
*Best supporting actress (lafa Hrnn Jnsdttir)
*Best cinematographer: Bergsteinn Bjrglfsson
*Best costumes: Helga I. Stefnsdttir
*Best set design: Grtar Reynsson and Atli Geir Grtarsson
References
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