Pearls and Swine (1997) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1997 · 82 mins · Icelandic

Directed by

Óskar Jónasson

Starring

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

Lisa wants a cruise, but husband Finnbogi buys a bakery and hires Karolina, a cake baker and Marta’s mother; Marta, who runs the town’s biggest bakery, resents her mother’s success and pushes Finnbogi to fund porn toys. Finnbogi gets cash from his son Bjartmar, who promised sailors 10 Landas; the Russians arrive to collect their cars while Marta prepares a nasty trick, leaving Lisa hoping for her cruise.