Réalisation:
Marteinn ThorssonScénario:
Marteinn ThorssonPhotographie:
Bergsteinn BjörgúlfssonActeurs·trices:
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, María Birta Bjarnadóttir, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir (plus)Résumés(1)
Deputy Leifur is a total wreck. An inveterate drinker, glutton, and womanizer, his family has fallen apart and he almost never sees his daughter. He shrouds the present in an impenetrable alcoholic haze, and dissolves his past in a succession of severe hangovers. Leifur is living one huge party in a constant desire to see the bottom of another bottle and denuded female loins. After he causes a public scandal, the prime minister forces him to seek treatment. So it’s time to throw a farewell party, a real humdinger.… Director Marteinn Þórsson isn’t aiming at a psychological study or even a hefty drama. Instead he offers his audiences caricatured sketches of his characters, relying on strong stylization and hyperbole. The unique, seemingly disorganised narrative form contributes to the harrowing viewing experience: XL supplies a steady stream of highly expressive sequences which project fragments of a depraved world inhabited by burnt-out losers and hyenas. And Leifur just hangs there, inert, at the center of the action, fully possessed by his alcoholic demons. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Quarry (2016) (série)
Berdreymi (2022)
Dragons 3 : Le monde caché (2019)
María Birta Bjarnadóttir
Meilleurs films :
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
Jitters (2010)
Svartur á leik (2012)
Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir
Islande
Meilleurs films :
Heartstone - Un été islandais (2016)
Bjarnfreðarson (2009)
Foreldrar (2007)
Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir
Meilleurs films :
Blóðbönd (2006)
Okkar eigin Osló (2011)
Jar City (2006)
Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir
Meilleurs films :
Englar alheimsins (2000)
L'histoire du géant timide (2015)
Children (2006)
Þráinn Bertelsson
Meilleurs films :
XL (2013)
Helgi Björnsson
Meilleurs films :
Sódóma Reykjavík (1992)
Des chevaux et des hommes (2013)
Köld slóð (2006)
Ævar Þór Benediktsson
Islande
Meilleurs films :
Mjólk, La guerre du lait (2019)
XL (2013)
Þorsteinn Bachmann
Islande
Meilleurs films :
Sense8 (2015) (série)
Lof mér að falla (2018)
Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin (2022)
Víkingur Kristjánsson
Islande
Meilleurs films :
Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin (2022)
Blóðbönd (2006)
Foreldrar (2007)
Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir
Meilleurs films :
L'histoire du géant timide (2015)
Jar City (2006)
Eiðurinn (2016)
Jon Juliusson
Meilleurs films :
Djöflaeyjan (1996)
Mávahlátur (2001)
Bíódagar (1994)
Hafdis Helga Helgadottir
Meilleurs films :
Mjólk, La guerre du lait (2019)
XL (2013)
Tanja Bjork Omarsdottir
Meilleurs films :
XL (2013)
Lilja Gudrun Thorvaldsdottir
Meilleurs films :
Children (2006)
Okkar eigin Osló (2011)
Jitters (2010)
Birgitta Sigursteinsdottir
Islande
Stefan Jonsson
Meilleurs films :
Köld slóð (2006)
Sumarlandið (2010)
XL (2013)
Edda Arnljotsdottir
Meilleurs films :
Bjarnfreðarson (2009)
Foreldrar (2007)
Bakk (2015)
Monika Orlowska
Meilleurs films :
L'histoire du géant timide (2015)
XL (2013)
Rúnar Guðbrandsson
Meilleurs films :
Svartur á leik (2012)
Survivre (2012)
XL (2013)