"The Seagull's Laughter"
2004
Directed by Agust Gudmundsson

Freya (Margret Vilhjalmsdottir) leaves her Icelandic home as a plump, homely girl and returns in her mid-twenties as a ravishing beauty. She moves in with her young cousin Agga (Ugla Egilsdottir) and other members of her extended family, and Agga soon notices curious changes that are caused by Freya's arrival. The drama that Freya causes becomes the talk of her small seaside town, and many lives are changed forever. "An uncommonly engaging comedy with ripe tragic undertones" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). Icelandic with English subtitles.  104 minutes.