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WOMAN AT WAR (KONA FER I STRID)
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Release date : Dec 14, 2018
 
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Completed - ICELANDIC - Environmental, Thriller, Comedy - 100 minutes

Log Line

Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect the pristine Icelandic Highlands she loves… Until an orphan unexpectedly enters her life.

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Benedikt ERLINGSSON
Cast : Halldóra GEIRHAROSDÓTTIR

Producer(s) : Marianne SLOT (SLOT MACHINE)

Synopsis

Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain,” Halla secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. As Halla’s actions grow bolder, from petty vandalism to outright industrial sabotage, she succeeds in pausing the negotiations between the Icelandic government and the corporation building a new aluminium smelter in the mountains. But right as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that changes everything. Her application to adopt a child has finally been accepted and there is a little girl waiting for her in Ukraine. As Halla prepares to abandon her role as saboteur and saviour of the Highlands to fulfil her dream of becoming a mother, she decides to plot one final attack to deal the aluminium industry a crippling blow.As Halla’s actions grow bolder, from petty vandalism to outright industrial sabotage, she succeeds in pausing the negotiations between the Icelandic government and the Chinese corporation trying to install a new aluminium smelter. But as she begins to plan her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that changes everything. Her application to adopt a child has finally been accepted and there is a little girl waiting for her in Ukraine.
As Halla prepares to abandon her role as saboteur and saviour of the Highlands to become a mother, she plots one final attack she hopes will deal the aluminium industry a crippling blow.

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE, ICELAND, UKRAINE

ARGENTINA MACO CINE
AUSTRALIA HI GLOSS ENTERT
AUSTRIA Dec 14, 2018 POLYFILM VERLEI
BELGIUM IMAGINE FILM DI
CANADA Mar 29, 2019 MÉTROPOLE FILMS
CZECH REPU FILM EUROPE (CZ
ESTONIA Sep 21, 2018 A-ONE FILMS EST
GREECE WEIRD WAVE
HUNGARY Oct 04, 2018 CIRKO FILM KFT.
ITALY Dec 13, 2018 TEODORA FILM
JAPAN TRANSFORMER, IN
LATVIA A-ONE FILMS LAT
LITHUANIA SCANORAMA DISTR
LITHUANIA A-ONE FILMS BAL
NEW ZEALAN LIMELIGHT DISTR
NORWAY ARTHAUS
PORTUGAL Nov 06, 2019 FILMS4YOU
SLOVAKIA FILM EUROPE (SL
SLOVENIA DEMIURG - CVETK
SWITZERLAN FILMCOOPI ZURIC
TAIWAN AV-JET INTERNAT
UKRAINE ARTHOUSE TRAFFI
USA MAGNOLIA PICTUR


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Festivals and Awards

La Semaine de la Critique 2018 (Prix SACD



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Toronto - TIFF 2018 Discovery


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