Djöflaeyjan / The Devil’s Island

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson: Djöflaeyjan / The Devil’s Island (IS 1996).

100443 / 12 / IS / 1996 / Friðrik Þór Friðriksson / drama

Pirunsaari / Djävulsön. PC: Islendska Kvikmyndasamsteypan; Filmhuset; Peter Rommel Filmproduktion. D: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. 104’. 1,85. In Icelandic. Finnish subtitles by Lars Lundsten. DIST: Senso Films. Viewed at VET, Helsinki, Thursday 6 November 1997. A grungy family saga covering the 1950s and the 1960s in the US military area of Iceland: violence, booze, romance, rock’n’roll and airplane adventures. I would criticize it for miserabilism and for the fact that the characters remain too unsympathetic or indifferent.