City State
Borgríki
Iceland
2011
87 Min
Color
2.35:1
Icelandic, English, Serbian, Russian
Synopsis
When a foreign mafia decides to take over the drug market in Iceland, a young bereaved woman with a badge, a Serbian mechanic with a vengeance, a crime kingpin with a heart condition and a corrupt narc officer playing both sides – are about to change each other’s lives forever. —Icelandic Film Centre
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Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Olaf de Fleur (true name: Ólafur Jóhannesson) is an Icelandic film director and producer. He studied physics in Reykjavík, graduating in 1995. Since then he has participated in many film projects, including both feature and documentary films. After working for two years for a production company, focusing primarily on TV documentaries, he founded the independent production company Poppoli Pictures. Headed by Johannesson as director and producer, the team created Shining Star that won the “Best Documentary” in the Icelandic Film Awards 2004 and Africa United that won the same prize in 2005.
Among recent films by de Fleur are Act Normal, a film about a Buddhist monk who in the 10 years that took to film the project, disrobes, marries and divorces before becoming a monk again. A film about transsexuals in the Philippines and in Thailand, entitled The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela won him the Teddy award for best feature film at the 58th edition of the Berlin International Film… read more
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By Twitchfilm.com on February 20, 2012
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Director Olafur Johannesson a.k.a Olaf De Fleur is the hardest working man in Icelandic filmmaking, aside from Baltasar Kormakur maybe. Last summer he shot two
English friendly City State trailer
By Twitchfilm.com on February 20, 2012
A fresh new trailer for the Icelandic crime drama City State has been released for the masses. Filmmaker Olaf De Fleur got together a stellar cast for this completely self financed film, including international
James Mangold to direct CITY STATE remake?
By Twitchfilm.com on February 20, 2012
It was premiered only last week but already Olaf De Fleur Johannesson’s ultra low budget crime thriller City State has been picked up for its remake rights and it seems that none other than James Mangold
English Subtitled Theatrical Trailer For Olaf De Fleur's CITY STATE
By Twitchfilm.com on February 20, 2012
Icelandic director Olaf De Fleur caused quite a stir back in October when word dropped that 3:10 To Yuma director James Mangold had signed on to direct a US remake of his action drama City State. It was
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