Ingibjorg, the bride and Bardi, the groom, have decided to get married after living together for three years. The ceremony is to be held in a small church, an hour’s drive from Reykjavik. Ingibjorg wants to keep to the tradition of not letting the groom see the bride dressed in white until at the ceremony. Therefore, Ingibjorg, Bardi and the guests – family and close friends and not so close unwelcome friends, drive off in two buses with champagne and a wedding cake. No one knows exactly where this country church is located except for Bardi, who got the direction from the priest over the phone. It had sounded rather straight forward that is straight ahead, down the road leaving out some turns. However, Bardi is claustrophobic and the convoy cannot take the normal route through the tunnel under the Whale fjord. After driving for hundreds of miles around the fjord they are running out of time and decide to take a short cut. After some further driving they discover that they are lost.
Original title: Sveitabrúðkaup
English title: Country Wedding
Genre: Tragicomedy
Language: Icelandic
Director: Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Scriptwriter: Valdís Óskarsdóttir & Cast
Main Subtitles: English
Cast: (in alpabetic order) Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Árni Pétur Gudjónsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Erlendur Eiríksson, Gísli Örn Gardarsson, Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Herdís Thorvaldsdóttir, Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, Karl J. Gudmundsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Rúnar Freyr Gíslason, Sigurdur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Víkingur Kristjánsson, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Editor: Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle
Music: Mugison
Producer(s): Davíd Óskar Ólafsson, Gudrún Edda Thórhannesdóttir, Árni Filippusson, Hreinn Beck
Co-producer(s): Jim Stark
Production
Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby SR
Lenght: 95 minutes
Premiere date and year: August 28th 2008
