KING´S ROAD - dir. VALDÍS ÓSKARSDÓTTIR

Synopsis
The story takes place in a rundown trailerpark in Iceland. After 3 years abroad Junior returns to Iceland with his set of problems hoping that his father can sort them out but his homecoming isn’t quite what he had expected.

Original title: Kóngavegur
English title: King’s Road
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Language: Icelandic / English / German

Director: Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Scriptwriter: Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Main cast: Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Daniel Brühl, Gísli Örn Gardarsson, Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ólafur Egilsson, Rúnar Freyr Gíslason, Sigurdur Sigurjónsson, Thröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Editor: Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Cinematographer: Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Sound design: Pétur Einarsson, Birgir Tryggvason, Árni Gústafsson
Music: Lay Low & Pétur Hallgrímsson
Producers: Árni Filippusson, Davíd Óskar Ólafsson, Hreinn Beck
Co-producers: Thorvardur Björgúlfsson,
Production company: Mystery Island
Co-production company: Kukl & Vesturport
National sales & distribution: Sena

Country: Iceland
Length: 99 minutes
Screening format: 35mm & Digital Cinema
Production format: Red
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Premier date and year: March 26. 2010

Festivals

2011:
Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg, Sweden, January 28. - February 7.
Transilvania International Film Festival, In competition, Transilvania, Romania, June 12. - 19.
Nordlichter XII, Dresden, Germany, December 8 - 14.