Year: 1996
Runtime: 104 mins
Language: Icelandic
Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Set in 1950s Reykjavik’s post‑war slum of Camp Thule, the film follows an Icelandic family living in makeshift homes built from abandoned US barracks. Hard‑working husbands and their wives struggle to get by, while their children dream of dollars, rock ’n’ roll and the American way. Frequent drinking marks both celebration and escape, and the story paints a vivid portrait of everyday hopes and disappointments, showing which ambitions endure.
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