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The Higher Force

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Original title

Stóra planiðaka

AKA

The Higher Force

Year

2008

Running time

90 min.

Country

Iceland

Director

Olaf de Fleur Johannesson

Screenwriter

Ómar Örn Hauksson, Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, Rune Kippervik, Stefan C. Schaefer, Hrafnkell Stefansson, Thor Thorsteinsson

Music

Pavel E. Smid

Cinematography

Rune Kippervik

Cast

Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson, Eggert Þorleifsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Michael Imperioli, Benedikt Erlingsson, Stefan C. Schaefer, Jóhann G. Jóhannsson, Erpur Eyvindarson, Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Sigurjón Kjartansson

Producer

Cicala Filmworks, Icelandic Film Center, Kukl

Genre

Comedy

Synopsis

As a young boy David witnessed a fatal car accident, causing the death of his younger brother. Since then he has sought comfort in a Chinese philosophy video called The Higher Force. To this day, the wisdom of the Higher Force is guiding David through life and despite him being a member of questionable gang of debt-collectors, David is certain that fate has something greater in store for him. Upon moving into a new building, David befriends the landlord, Harald, a lonely elementary school teacher, who senses the young man's insecurity and need for guidance. When Harald finds out that David is a member of a debt-collectors gang, Harald starts playing himself as a big crime lord, owning real estate all over town, employing dubious characters and receiving large shipments of illegal goods from abroad. David's low status amongst his debt-collector mates, who keep putting him down for being a coward, quickly changes once David starts feeding them information on Harald, the mysterious crime...

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