París norðursins (2014)

	Also Known As: Paris of the North, Paris des Nordens
	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
	Actors: Björn Thors, Helgi Björnsson, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir
	Country: IS
	Genre: Drama, Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 02.11.2014, CineStar2, NFDL2014, Icelandic with English subtitles
Synopsis: Hugi (Thors), a teacher, has gone to seek shelter in a village in the west of Iceland, where it’s nice and peaceful and predictable. He has an affair with Erna (Magnúsdóttir). This comes to an abrupt end when his father Veigar (Björnsson), from whom he’s heard nothing in years, suddenly announces a visit. Father and son are not exactly compatible. The only people messed-up, mid-30s Hugi can relate to are the other two members of the local Alcoholics Anonymous group. Veigar, freshly returned from Thailand, is more of a young-at-heart playboy, and also a passionate beer drinker. But after considerable start-up difficulties, they recognize they have something in common; they’ve both found ways to avoid facing up to themselves.
Review: The story is not very original. Alcohol issues. Father and son's lack of communication. We do not enter much in the personalities of neither the son nor the father. There are a couple of funny scenes and a first scene very well shot: Hugi is running for a few minutes and at the end come the dialogues, all this in one sequence-shot.
Rating: 3 /10