Country: Iceland
Year: 2018
Duration: 90'
Erik represents the aspirational face of modern Iceland. Atli, a petty criminal just released from prison, is stuck in a downward spiral. The distance between these two very different brothers vanishes when the duo teams up to smuggle cocaine into Iceland, inside plastic pellets swallowed by a young Polish mule, Sofia. But things go wrong when rule-breaking cop Lena starts closing in on them.
Biography
film director
Börkur Sigthorsson
Börkur Sigthorsson (Iceland, 1978) lives and works between London and Reykjavík.
He started his professional career in photography in Iceland at the age of twenty but quickly branched into directing. In 2004, Börkur was signed as a director to the renowned UK music video production company Oil Factory, where he worked for a number of years. After writing and directing two award-winning short films, Support (2008) and Come to Harm (2011), he went on to direct six episodes of the acclaimed TV crime drama Trapped, created by Baltasar Kormakur. Voltures (2018) is Börkur’s debut feature film.
FILMOGRAFIA
Support (cm, 2008), Come to Harm (cm, 2011), Ófærð (Trapped, 6 ep., serie tv/tv series, 2016-2019), Vargur (Vultures, 2018).
Declaration
film director
“The story plays on the difference between the two brothers, who symbolize the new vs. the old. Atli is a bottom-rung criminal while Erik epitomizes the new Iceland: seemingly successful while actually in debt and guilty of embezzling large amounts of money from his employers in order to fund his lifestyle. Like most noirs, Vultures features a strong anti-hero at its core. Through Erik, the story ploughs the depths of individual survival instincts and explores just how far are we willing to go to protect our own interest.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura/director, story, screenplay
Börkur Sigthorsson
fotografia/cinematography
Bergsteinn Björgulfsson
montaggio/film editing
Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir
scenografia/production design
Heimir Sverrisson
musica/music
Ben Frost
suono/sound
Ragna Kjartansdottir
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Gísli Örn Garðarsson (Erik), Baltasar Breki Samper (Atli), Anna Próchniak (Sofia), Marijana Jankovic (Lena)
produttori/producers
Baltasar Kormákur, Agnes Johansen
produzione/production
RVK Studios
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contatti/contacts
WestEnd Films
Alex Pye
alex@westendfilms.com
www.westendfilms.com
Börkur Sigthorsson
fotografia/cinematography
Bergsteinn Björgulfsson
montaggio/film editing
Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir
scenografia/production design
Heimir Sverrisson
musica/music
Ben Frost
suono/sound
Ragna Kjartansdottir
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Gísli Örn Garðarsson (Erik), Baltasar Breki Samper (Atli), Anna Próchniak (Sofia), Marijana Jankovic (Lena)
produttori/producers
Baltasar Kormákur, Agnes Johansen
produzione/production
RVK Studios
**
contatti/contacts
WestEnd Films
Alex Pye
alex@westendfilms.com
www.westendfilms.com
