Movie Details
Theatrical Release:March 12th, 1999
Original Language:Icelandic
Production Companies:Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan Zentropa Entertainments Peter Rommel Productions Filmhuset AS ZDFArte
Devils Island (1999)
Audience Score
Devils Island is a bitter sweet tale of Iceland in the fifties Life is rough in Reykjaviks postwar slum of Camp Thule where the abandoned US military barracks have been turned into makeshift homes Struggling wives and their hardworking husbands try to make ends meet The younger generation dreams of dollars RocknRoll and the American way of life To celebrate or to drown their misery theyre never short of a good reason to booze Devils Island vividly depicts the everyday life of a wacky family their neighbours and friends and shows how some of their dreams come true and others dont
