Cool Jazz and Coconuts

Mar 16, 1985

1h 41m

★ 4.0

Overview

The actress is to produce a play with the local amateur group and old romantic flames are rekindled. At the same time an American army unit is making experiments with a new and powerful energy source in the vicinity, promising the community a prosperous future.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Kvikmyndafélagið Skínandi

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Cast

Svala

Ragnhildur Gísladóttir

Oddur

Egill Ólafsson

Helga

Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir

Karl

Þórhallur Sigurðsson

Björn

Rúrik Haraldsson

General Reeves

Tyrone Nicholas Troupe III

Dr. W.

Jón Tryggvason

Gunnar Þórðarson

Júlíus Agnarsson

Bjarki Tryggvason

Flosi Ólafsson

Principal

Herdís Þorvaldsdóttir

Lovísa phone operator

Sigurveig Jónsdóttir

Baby Ruth

Pamela Brement

Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama, adapted from the short story We Must Dance by William Heinesen, and set on an island in 1913. Pétur (Gunnar Helgason) narrates, recalling the days when mainlanders arrived for a wedding. Flirtatious Sirsa (Pálína Jónsdottir) marries Harald (Dofri Hermannsson), son of a wealthy landowner on the island. Offshore, a ship is sinking, so the men form a rescue party, returning with the captain, the engineer, and several sailors. With a storm gathering, the engineer dies. The clergyman requests an end to the festivities as a mark of respect. Sirsa protests, but her new husband brings the celebration to a halt. The group then fragments into different activities, drunken or otherwise, and the sensual Sirsa directs her attention toward the handsome Ívar (Baldur Trausti Hreinsson). The film's score features traditional folk music.

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