Overview - The Fish Can Sing

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama

Runtime: 167 minutes

Homepage: The Fish Can Sing

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

Revenue data not disclosed

Spoken Languages

  • Íslenska

Production companies

  • Name: RÚV

    Production country Iceland

  • Name: DR

    Production country Denmark

  • Name: NDR

    Production country Germany

  • Name: Sveriges Radio

    Production country Sweden

  • Name: NRK

    Production country Norway

Overview

Set at the start of the twentieth century, the movie deals with the orphaned boy Álfgrímur, his adoptive grandparents, and the small, tolerant community of misfits and eccentrics they gather around them at Brekkukot, their cottage in Reykjavík. As Álfgrímur begins to encounter the minor politicians, businessmen and social-climbers of the growing town of Reykjavík he starts to question his future as a fisherman's grandson, and is increasingly fascinated by Garðar Hólm, the celebrated Icelandic "world singer" whose sporadic returns to Iceland encourage Álfgrímur to pursue his own personal goals of self-expression. He discovers the true value of his boyhood experiences only as he sets out on a path that will take him away from them forever.

Cast

  • Name: Árni Árnason

    Character: Álfgrímur (Age 17)

    Popularity: 0.4698

  • Name: Þorsteinn Ö. Stephensen

    Character: Grandfather

    Popularity: 0.5492

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  • Name: Regína Þórðardóttir

    Character: Grandmother

    Popularity: 0.3158

  • Name: Þóra Borg Einarsson

    Character: Aunt Kristín

    Popularity: 0.4736

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  • Name: Sigríður B Bragadóttir

    Character: Guðmundsen Girl

    Popularity: 0.3444

  • Name: Róbert Arnfinnsson

    Character: Guðmundsen

    Popularity: 0.5855

  • Name: Nikulás Þorvarðsson

    Character: Álfgrímur (Age 12)

    Popularity: 0.4134

  • Name: Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir

    Character: Guðmundsen Girl (Aged 17)

    Popularity: 0.6641