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Sat, Feb 9, 2008
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Thu, Feb 14, 2008
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DIRECTOR: BALTASAR KORMáKUR
ICELAND
Based on a best-selling novel, Jar City follows aging, old-school detective Erlendur as he investigates what he considers to be a typically "messy and pointless" Icelandic crime. When a local lowlife is found murdered, Erlendur and his partners methodologically track down leads, but soon discover there are greater and darker forces at play. At the same time, a father mourning the death of his daughter from a genetic condition obsessively searches for information on the origin of the disease. These two apparently disparate stories dramatically converge at a genetic databank, which controversially holds information on all of Iceland's inhabitants. Wrapped in the complexities of an intriguing thriller are profound questions about where our pasts end, how much we want to know, and how much we should know. Print courtesy of IFC Films. ( 93 min )
Filmography: 101 Reykjavik (00), The Sea (02), A Little Trip To Heaven (05).
Sponsored by Scandinavian Heritage Foundation.
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