Icelandic writer-director Agust Gudmundsson adds a hint of mystery to this light melodrama about a strangely spellbinding woman who returns to her hometown after several years in America. The result is a beguiling mix. Before she left home for the United States at the end of World War II, newly married to an American serviceman, Freya (Margret Vilhjalmsdottir) was a chubby girl, often the butt of children's cruel jokes. Now, two months after her husband's death, Freya's back in town and fully transformed: She's a glamorously thin fashion plate, her long red tresses wrapped in a elegant chignon and her seven suitcases stuffed full of Fifth Avenue fashions. With nowher...
Released:
2001
Rated:
NR
Length:
105 mins