THE ICELANDIC SHOCK STATION - dir. THÓRHILDUR THORLEIFSDÓTTIR

Synopsis: The Icelandic Shock-Station is a thoroughbred Icelandic comedy, where the Icelander's daily life and habits are elevated to the level of farcical confusion and where all the laws of common sense are reversed in travesty of themselves, while at the same time the opportunity is taken to satirize some of the features the scriptwriter feels are blemish on the otherwise smooth facade of the nation's character. A Swede comes to Iceland in order to be cured of alcoholism, but instead of the AA establishment he was aiming for, he ends up by mistake in a summer chalet run by the housewife Stella. There he is subjected to a treatment which is very different from the one he had been expecting, but, nevertheless, quite effective.

Original title: Stella í orlofi
English title: The Icelandic Shock Station
Genre: Comedy
Language: Icelandic

Director: Thórhildur Thorleifsdóttir
Scriptwriter: Gudný Halldórsdóttir
Main cast: Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Gestur Jónasson, Thórhallur "Laddi" Sigurdsson
Editor: Kristín Pálsdóttir
Cinematographer: Jan Pehrson
Sound design: Martien Coucke
Music: Valgeir Gudjónsson
Producer(s): Ingibjörg Bríem
Production company: Umbifilm

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby Stereo
Length: 86 minutes
Screening format: 35mm Colour
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1:1.66
Premier date and year: 6. October 1986