THE HOUSE - dir. EGILL EDVARDSSON

Synopsis: A young couple moves into an old house. She teaches deaf children, he is a musician, working on his own compositions. Their separate worlds, one silent, the other full of sounds, create a vivid pattern of contrasts, which affect their emotional lives and their living together. From the time they move into the house, they are strangely aware of something odd, especially she, while he concentrates more and more upon his work. A series of incidents adds to her growing uneasiness about the house. Its past seems to creep in on her. She feels as if some tragedy must have befallen the people that lived there before, but when she starts asking around she gets few answers.There is something about the house that seems to be on the verge of overpowering her-something that in an unexpected way is related to her origins and permanently affects her life and destiny.

Original title: Húsið
English title: The House
Genre: Thriller
Language: Icelandic

Director: Egill Edvardsson
Scriptwriters: Björn Björnsson, Egill Edvardsson, Snorri Thórisson
Main cast: Borgar Gardarsson, Helgi Skúlason, Jóhann Sigurdarson, Lilja Thórisdóttir, Róbert Arnfinnsson, Árni Tryggvason, Thóra Borg
Editors: Egill Edvardsson, Snorri Thórisson
Cinematographer: Snorri Thórisson
Sound design: Sigfús Gudmundsson
Music: Thórir Baldursson
Art Director: Björn Björnsson
Producer(s): Jón Thór Hannesson, Snorri Thórisson
Production company: Sagafilm
Website: www.sagafilm.is

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby Stereo
Length: 101 minutes
Screening format: 35mm Colour
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Premiere date and year: March 12. 1983