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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

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