Directed by:
Baldvin ZophoníassonCinematography:
Johann Mani JohanssonComposer:
Ólafur ArnaldsCast:
Hera Hilmar, Thor Kristjansson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Ingvar Thordarson, Atli Óskar Fjalarsson, Joel Saemundsson (more)Plots(1)
Eik is a single mother struggling to make ends meet by any means possible. Sölvi is a former athlete who's now trying to climb the corporate ladder. Mori is a once respected author who's now a full-time drunk. Soon fate will make them meet. Life in a fishbowl portrays three intertwined stories that take place in Reykjavik before the devastating economic crisis in 2008. Móri is a poet and a drunkard, battling with his past and searching for forgiveness for the unforgiveable. Eik, who is a young mother and nursery school teacher, moonlights as a hooker in order to support herself and her daughter. She has to struggle to make ends meet because she is utterly estranged from her extremely well-to-do family. Sölvi is a famous former footballer who is making his way up the corporate ladder. Gradually, he becomes entangled in a world of corruption and moral complacency and bit by bit he starts to lead a double life. The film became a box office hit in Iceland and local media even consider it the best Icelandic film of all time. (Cinemax)
(more)Cast
Hera Hilmar
Iceland
Best movies:
Tears of Stone (1995)
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
The Quiet Storm (2007)
Thor Kristjansson
Iceland
Best movies:
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
Black's Game (2012)
The Swan (2017)
Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Let Me Fall (2018)
Rams (2015)
Heartstone (2016)
Þorsteinn Bachmann
Iceland
Best movies:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Let Me Fall (2018)
Summerlight... and Then Comes the Night (2022)
Ingvar Thordarson
Best movies:
Devil's Island (1996)
Jitters (2010)
101 Reykjavik (2000)
Atli Óskar Fjalarsson
Best movies:
Let Me Fall (2018)
Summerlight... and Then Comes the Night (2022)
Jitters (2010)
Joel Saemundsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Solitude (2023)
Brave Men's Blood (2014)
Dorks & Damsels (2007)
Laufey Elíasdóttir
Best movies:
Let Me Fall (2018)
Dead Snow 2 (2014)
Thicker Than Water (2006)
Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir
Best movies:
Thicker Than Water (2006)
Our Own Oslo (2011)
Jar City (2006)
Birgitta Sigursteinsdottir
Iceland
Kristin Lea Sigridardottir
Best movies:
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
Valur Freyr Einarsson
Best movies:
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
Markus Reymann
Best movies:
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
Traumfrauen (2015)
Wenn wir uns begegnen (2008) (TV movie)
Birgir Orn Steinarsson
Best movies:
Let Me Fall (2018)
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
Kristjan Franklin Magnuss
Best movies:
Tears of Stone (1995)
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
The Deep (2012)
Elías Helgi Kofoed-Hansen
Best movies:
Jitters (2010)
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
Ester Sveinbjarnardóttir
Best movies:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Metalhead (2013)
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
Don Ellione
Iceland
Best movies:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
Annalisa Hermansdottir
Iceland
Best movies:
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
Gisli Gislason
Best movies:
Jitters (2010)
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
The Aquatic Effect (2016)