THE PLACE - dir. JAKOB HALLDORSSON

Synopsis: Axel, a promising but lovesick high school student, attempts to drown his sorrows in a night of booze and drug-filled partying until things get out violently out of control when a neighbor is nearly beaten to death by his friends. Drunk sick, Axel is wrongfully blamed for the crime. His problems are compounded when he is sent to the notorious Youth Prison of Iceland “The Place” where the head guard abuses Axel in increasingly severe attempts to convince him to acept faith as his salvaiton. Defiled and at his wit’s end, Axel prepares to take the ultimate revenge. His only hope at escaping this nightmare is to find the phone that proves his innocence.

Original title: Pleisið
English title: The Place
Director/ Editor: Jakob Halldorsson
Genre: Drama
Language: Icelandic
Scriptwriter: Jakob Halldorsson with Joseph Spade
Main cast: Ólafur Björn Tómasson
Cinematographer: Árni Filippusarson
Sound design: Birgir Tryggvasson
Music: Anna Halldórsdóttir
Producer: Jakob Halldórsson
Production Manager: Hera Ólafsdóttir
Co-producers: Margrét Jónasdóttir
Production company: Brennivídd ehf.
Co-production company: Saga Film efh.
International sales & distribution / National sales & distribution: Sagafilm
Website: www.pleisid.com

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby sterio and surround 5:1
Length: 22 min
Screening format: Digital cinema and digibeta
Production format: RED
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Premiere date and year: October 3. 2009

Festivals
European Film Festival of Lille, Lille, France, February 26.-March 5.