Life in a Fishbowl

2014 · 2h05 · Film

Directed by Baldvin Z

Starring Hera Hilmar, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Thor Kristjansson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Valur Freyr Einarsson, Elías Helgi Kofoed-Hansen, Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson, Atsuko Sato

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

Three tales of three people who have a lasting effect on one another. A young writer whose career is skyrocketing finds himself in a stormy marriage. He divorces his wife after the death of their daughter, shuts himself from the outside world and drinks himself to death over a twenty-year period.

Original title

Vonarstræti

Original language

Icelandic

Country

Czechia, Finland, Iceland, Sweden

Cast

Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Valur Freyr Einarsson, Elías Helgi Kofoed-Hansen, Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson, Atsuko Sato

Updated September 22, 2026

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