A LITTLE TRIP TO HEAVEN - dir. BALTASAR KORMÁKUR

Synopsis
After a suspicious fatal car accident in Hastings where the identity of the victim was forged, the Quality Life insurance company sends their smart investigator Abe Holt to identify the body. The unique beneficiary of the one million dollars death benefit is the sister of the victim, Isold, who lives with her son Thor and her husband Fred in a poor cabin in the middle of nowhere. Along the investigation, Abe discloses the truth about the fraud, but feels sorry for Isold and Thor and tries to help them with tragic consequences.

Original title: A Little Trip To Heaven
English title: A Little Trip To Heaven
Genre: Drama
Language: English

Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Scriptwriter: Baltasar Kormákur
Main cast: Forest Whitaker, Julia Stiles, Jeremy Renner, Peter Coyote, Philip Jackson, Alfred Harmsworth, Joanna Scanalan, Phyllida Law, Matyelok Gibbs, Anne Reid, Iddo Goldberg, Vladas Bagdonas, Maria Fernandez-Ache
Editor(s): Richard Pearson, Virginia Katz
Cinematographer: Óttar Gudnason
Sound design: Kjartan Kjartansson
Music: Mugison
Production designer: Karl Juliusson
Producer(s): Sigurjón Sighvatsson, Baltasar Kormákur
Co-producer(s): Agnes Johansen
Production company(s): Blueeyes Production, Little Trip ehf., Palomar Pictures
International sales & distribution: Katapult Film Sales
Website: www.blueeyes.is

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby digital
Length: 90 min.
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Premiere date and year: December 26. 2005

Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival, 2005
Sundance Film Festival, 2006
International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2006
Göteborg Film Festival, 2006. Critic´s prize
Cognac International Thriller Film Festival, 2006. Critic´s prize (FIPRESCI)