Poor Iceland

Poor Iceland

2016
1h 20m
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Overview

When the Icelandic banks collapsed in the autum of 2008, taking most of the economy down with them, Ari Alexander took his camera and started to film what was happening in this tiny but relatively stable and affluent society. He filmed the ever-larger protests that in the end led to the downfall of the government. He took interviews with people shocked and confused by what was going on around them. He went to conferences and seminars where scholars tired to work out what had happened and what should happen next. He followed the endless debates and negotiations around the Icesave-accounts set up by Icelandic banks abroad. Every day brought fresh news of the complicated and often illegal deals made by financiers and bankers in the years leading up to the collapse.

Status: Released

Language: IS

Production Information

Spoken Languages
Icelandic

Quick Facts

Original Title Aumingja Ísland: Sturlungaöld um aldir alda
Release Date November 10, 2016
Status Released
Language IS

Cast

Key Crew

Jón Proppé
Screenplay
Benedikt Erlingsson
Producer
Jón Proppé
Producer
Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
Producer
Guðbergur Davíðsson
Producer
Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
Director
Magnús Árni Skúlason
Producer
Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
Screenplay

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