Life in a Fishbowl explained

Life in a Fishbowl
Director:	Baldvin Zophoníasson
Starring:	Hera Hilmar
Runtime:	130 minutes
Country:	Iceland
Language:	Icelandic
Music:	Ólafur Arnalds^[1]

Life in a Fishbowl (Icelandic: '''Vonarstræti''', literally Hope Street) is a 2014 Icelandic drama film directed by Baldvin Zophoníasson.^{[2] [3]} It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.^[4] It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.^[5]

Plot

The movie follows three people living in Reykjavik in 2006. Eik, a kindergarten teacher and mother struggling to make money thus working as part time as a prostitute, Sölvi, a former athlete who is now in the corporate world and Móri, an older man struggling with alcoholism.

Cast

• Hera Hilmar as Eik
• Thor Kristjansson as Sölvi
• Ingvar Þórðarson as Hannes
• Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as Gústi
• Þorsteinn Bachmann as Móri
• Laufey Elíasdóttir as Aníta
• Birgir Örn Steinarsson as Rakari / Barber
• Markus Reymann as Gerald

See also

• List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. http://www.favouritesfilmfestival.de/2016/08/18/vonastraeti-life-in-a-fishbowl/?lang=en Vonarstræti/Life in a Fishbowl
2. Web site: Toronto Film Review: 'Life in a Fishbowl' . 17 September 2014 . Variety. 15 September 2014 .
3. Web site: Life in a Fishbowl: Toronto Review . 17 September 2014 . Hollywood Reporter. 4 September 2014 .
4. Web site: Life in a Fishbowl . 17 September 2014 . TIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141003141949/http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/discovery/life-in-a-fishbowl . 3 October 2014 .
5. Web site: Iceland submits Life in a Fishbowl to Oscars . 23 September 2014 . Screen International.