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Release Date:
October 11, 2018
Original Title:
Undir halastjörnu
Alternate Titles:
Under the Comet
Undir Halastjörnu
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
Amrion
Filmhuset Gruppen
Truenorth
Production Countries:
Estonia | Iceland | Norway
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 100
Mihkel boards a ferry from his small town in Estonia to Saint Petersburg in Russia, on his way to Iceland, where he wants to make a new life for himself and his fiancée, Vera. His friend Igor, who emigrated to Iceland a few years earlier, convinces Mihkel to smuggle two bottles of liquid amphetamine and then seek payment from an Estonian priest, who is a business partner of Igor’s in Saint Petersburg. The priest is then to set him up in his new home and bring Vera over to join him. Rather than getting paid, he is instead coerced into swallowing seventy drug capsules to take on to Iceland. He arrives in Iceland and is picked up by Igor and his two Icelandic accomplices, Jóhann and Bóbó. However, in the next two days it becomes clear that something is wrong and Mihkel cannot pass the drugs. The Icelandic criminals become very nervous, and more and more frantic activity ensues as the situation becomes more serious.
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Boom Operator:
Kristian Miilen
Co-Producer:
Riina Sildos
Evelin Penttilä
Costume Design:
Eve Valme
Director:
Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
Director of Photography:
Tómas Örn Tómasson
First Assistant Director:
Fahad Falur Jabali
Karin Martinson
Producer:
Leifur B. Dagfinnsson
Kristinn Thordarson
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Production Design:
Atli Geir Grétarsson
Script Supervisor:
Age Viks
Second Assistant Director:
Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir
Sound Recordist:
Olger Bernadt
Third Assistant Director:
Tindur Kárason
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