Poor Iceland (2016)
1h 20m
Running Time
November 10, 2016Release Date
Plot.
When the Icelandic banks collapsed in the autum of 2008, taking most of the economy down with them, Ari Alexander took his camera and started to film what was happening in this tiny but relatively stable and affluent society. He filmed the ever-larger protests that in the end led to the downfall of the government. He took interviews with people shocked and confused by what was going on around them. He went to conferences and seminars where scholars tired to work out what had happened and what should happen next. He followed the endless debates and negotiations around the Icesave-accounts set up by Icelandic banks abroad. Every day brought fresh news of the complicated and often illegal deals made by financiers and bankers in the years leading up to the collapse.
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Cast & Crew.

Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
Director / Screenplay / Director of Photography / Producer

Jón Proppé
Screenplay / Producer

Bjarni Felix Bjarnason
Director of Photography

Tómas Örn Tómasson
Director of Photography

Frosti Jón Runólfsson
Editor / Music

Bjarni Sigurðarson
Music

Benedikt Erlingsson
Producer

Magnús Árni Skúlason
Producer
Details.
Release DateNovember 10, 2016
Original NameAumingja Ísland: Sturlungaöld um aldir alda
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 20m
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