Magnús

Story

Synopsis

Magnús is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnús to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end sooner than he expected, he wants to know how much it's been worth to him. Has life been worth living? Is it worth fighting for; is it worth a struggle against death? He takes a look at his family, a group of ordinary people, who are the colourful heroes of everyday life, struggling along in a world far removed from the world of high finance, power politics and international intrigues, but yet to them their lives are lives of high adventure. Those adventures, from the sublime to the ridiculous, form the storyline of the film, told against the background of Magnús' dilemma.

Director

Þráinn Bertelsson

Writers

Þráinn Bertelsson

Language

Icelandic

Country

Iceland

Release date

11 August 1989

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Egill Ólafsson

  Magnús

• 

  Þórhallur Sigurðsson

  Theódór Ólafsson

• 

  Guðrún Gísladóttir

  Helena Ólafsdóttir

• Jón Sigurbjörnsson

  Ólafur Theódórsson

• Margrét Ákadóttir

  Laufey Hrímfjörð

• 

  María Ellingsen

  Edda Magnúsdóttir

• Ingimar Oddsson

  Ólafur Magnússon

• 

  Erlingur Gíslason

  Dr. Óðinn

• 

  Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson

  Gísli

• 

  Árni Pétur Guðjónsson

  Símon

• Randver Þorláksson

  Jónas the lawyer

• Örn Árnason

  Shopkeeper