Movie: Ahead of Time

Top 8 Billed Cast

Egill Ólafsson
Egill Ólafsson

Stinni

Ragnhildur Gísladóttir
Ragnhildur Gísladóttir

Harpa Sjöfn

Eggert Þorleifsson
Eggert Þorleifsson

Dúddi

Jakob Frímann Magnússon
Jakob Frímann Magnússon

Frímann

Ásgeir Óskarsson
Ásgeir Óskarsson

Hafþór

Tómas M. Tómasson
Tómas M. Tómasson

Baldvin Roy

Þórður Árnason
Þórður Árnason

Skafti

Höskuldur Ólafsson
Höskuldur Ólafsson

Kári Már

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    More than twenty years after the premiere of one of the most beloved Icelandic films (On Top/Med allt a hreinu 1982) a sequel appears. A band which folded twenty years ago (they were even considered old-fashioned then) sees fit to stage a comeback. Indications point to a great future until the ghosts of the past catch up with the band in the form of a single mother and a jolly roadie. We follow the band not only through the magnificent Icelandic landscape but also through two continents and a brief spell in the other world.

  • Release Date

    2004-12-26

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    5.8

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