Atlantic Rhapsody
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| Atlantic Rhapsody | |
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| Directed by | Katrin Ottarsdóttir |
| Starring | Páll Danielsen Erling Eysturoy Elin K. Mouritsen Katrin Ottarsdóttir |
| Music by | Heðin Meitil |
Release date | 1989 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Faroe Islands |
| Language | Faroese |
Atlantic Rhapsody is a 1989 Faroese documentary film by Katrin Ottarsdóttir. The original Faroese title is Atlantic Rhapsody - 52 myndir úr Tórshavn, where the second part means "52 pictures from Tórshavn". The film presents a day in the life of some inhabitants of Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. The narrative is structured as a relay race, in which a person, a thing or something out of a scene brings the audience into another scene with new people and events. It is the first ever Faroese feature-length film.
Synopsis[edit]
A trip through 24 hours of the smallest capital in the world, Tórshavn, the film begins with a father and a daughter who are having breakfast when some fire trucks drive by. A woman and her child are looking at the fire and meet a married couple. The couple say hello to a man who is going out with his boat etc. Out of this emerges a kaleidoscopic story of both daily occurrences and dramatic situations, which in an entertaining and ironic way acts as a commentary on the Faroese, foreigners in the islands, as well as Faroese society in general.
Production[edit]
Atlantic Rhapsody is the first feature film ever to be produced in the Faroes. It is a no-budget film made against all odds for 1.7 million DKR.
Accolades[edit]
In 1989, the film received the prize of the Nordische Filminstitute at the film festival Nordische Filmtage in Lübeck.
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