ATOMIC STATION - dir. THORSTEINN JONSSON

Synopsis: Atomic Station is based on a novel by Nobel prize-winning author, Halldór Laxness. A beautiful and intelligent young country girl comes to post-war Reykjavik to work as a maid in a prominent citizen's home while studying music. She becomes emotionally involved with her attractive middle-aged employer and finds it hard to choose between him and her boyfriend, a younger more idealistic man. Her story is told against a background of intrigue, in which politicians secretly negotiate the establishment of a foreign nuclear base.

Original title: Atómstöðin
English title: Atomic Station
Genre: Drama
Language: Icelandic

Director: Thorsteinn Jónsson
Scriptwriter: Thórhallur Sigurdsson,Thorsteinn Jónsson, Halldór Laxness, Örnólfur Árnason
Main cast: Gunnar Eyjólfsson, Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir, Helgi Björnsson, Jónína Ólafsdóttir, Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir
Editor: Nancy Baker
Cinematography: Karl Óskarsson
Sound: Louis Baker
Music: Karl Sighvatsson
Producer: Örnólfur Árnason
Production Company: Ódinn Film Productions Ltd.

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby
Length: 95 minutes
Premier date and year: March 3. 1984

Festivals
Cannes Internation Film Festival, Director's Fortnight, Cannes, France, 1984