Either Way

Sep 2, 2011

1h 24m

★ 5.6

Overview

Two employees of the Icelandic Road Administration spend the summer painting lines on the winding roads as they both find themselves at a crossroads in their lives.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Flickbook Films (GB)

Either Way Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Finnbogi

Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson

Alfred

Hilmar Guðjónsson

Vörubílstjóri

Þorsteinn Bachmann

Kona

Valgerður Rúnarsdóttir

Maður í staur 2

Þorbjörn Guðmundsson

Maður í staur 1

Runólfur Ingólfsson

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