THE QUIET STORM - dir. GUDNÝ HALLDÓRSDÓTTIR

Synopsis: A young free-spirited girl tired of her strait-laced and reactionary family surroundings breaks free to pursue an entirely new life. She jo ins the ranks of guidance-counselors running a small institution at an abandoned farm for troubled teens in a very remote part of Northern Iceland.

It is the 70´s and the counselors are under the influences of the time; hippiedom, sitars and therapy consisting of pseudo-psychoanalysis in the guise of confrontational and truth-seeking group therapy encounters. The arrival of a mysterious young girl sets on its head their deeply felt counter-cultural belief that all authority is bad and is undermined when their own authority and moral superiority is challenged and attacked by the rebellious teens under their care.

Deceit, desires and tragedy soon set into motion events that affect all players at the institution. (optional)The film is artfully shot by Norwegian cinematographer Sven Krövel and effectively conveys the film´s theme of desolation by utilizing the barren landscapes as a backdrop

Original title: Veðramót
English title: The Quiet Storm
Genre: Drama
Language: Icelandic

Director: Gudný Halldórsdóttir
Scriptwriter: Gudný Halldórsdóttir
Main cast: Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Atli Rafn Sigurdarson, Hera Hilmarsdóttir
Editor: Stefanía Thors
Cinematographer: Sven Krövel
Sound design: Pétur Einarsson
Music: Ragnhildur Gísladóttir
Producer(s): Halldór Thorgeirsson
Production company: Umbi Film
Co-production company: Nordisk Film Production

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby Digital
Length: 100 minutes
Screening format: 35 mm
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1:1:85
Premiere date and year: September 7. 2007

Festivals
Göteborg International Film Festival - Nordic Film Award
Moscow International Film Festival