THE HIGHER FORCE
by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
synopsis
David, debt collector for a gang in Reykjavik, lost his younger brother in a car accident. Ever since, he looks for comfort in ' The Higher Force ', a video game character. He convinces David that all his current failures lead him to something bigger. When David meets his new owner Harald, an eccentric professor, he is convinced that The Higher Force is with him. Harald treats David as his pupil and ally. When he learns that David is part of a gang, he reveals to him his secret past as a criminal. David’s colleagues take him for the famous Harald, tough Mexican criminal, imprisoned for a long time in South America. And suddenly, David's status, who has always been demeaned by his colleagues, changes. He becomes the centre of attention and is designated by the gang to spy on the 'dangerous' Harald. But Haralds behaviour becomes stranger and stranger…
international title: | The Higher Force |
original title: | Stóra Planið |
country: | Iceland |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Olaf de Fleur Johannesson |
film run: | 85' |
release date: | IC 28/03/2008 |
screenplay: | Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, Stefan Schaefer |
cast: | Petur Jóhann Sigfusson, Eggert Thorleifsson, Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, Benedikt Erlingsson, Stefan Schaefer, Michael Imperioli |
cinematography by: | Rune Kippervik |
film editing: | Gudni Pall Saemundsson, Olaf de Fleur Johannesson |
music: | Pavel E. Smid |
producer: | Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, Helgi Sverrisson |
production: | Poppoli Pictures |