Polite People(2011)
A desperate city slicker engineer cheats his way into a small farming community, pretending to know how to save them by re-financing their slaughterhouse not knowing that he's walking into a local world war of small-town politics and general misbehaving.
Movie: Polite People
Top 10 Billed Cast
Lárus Skjaldarson
Margrét
Hrafnkell
Markell
Hanna
Elín
Þorgeir
Jónatan
Þorsteinn
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