Óskarsdóttir’s King’s Road debuts at number two
by Annika Pham
King's Road [+see also:
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Released by Sena Film, King’s Road had the best per screen average of the weekend: 2,284 admissions from three screens.
Based on Óskarsdóttir’s original story, the film is set in a rundown trailer park in Iceland. After three years abroad, a young man returns to Iceland with problems he hopes his father can sort out, but his homecoming isn’t quite what he had expected.
Most of the cast from Óskarsdóttir’s feature debut Country Wedding [+see also:
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Country Wedding had a successful festival run in 2008 and sold to several territories, including France (Memento Films).
After two decades spent in a cutting room, working for other filmmakers – among others, Thomas Vinterberg (from Festen to Submarino [+see also:
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