Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama, adapted from the short story We Must Dance by William Heinesen, and set on an island in 1913.
Pétur (Gunnar Helgason) narrates, recalling the days when mainlanders arrived for a wedding. Flirtatious Sirsa (Pálína Jónsdottir) marries Harald (Dofri Hermannsson), son of a wealthy landowner on the island.
Offshore, a ship is sinking, so the men form a rescue party, returning with the captain, the engineer, and several sailors. With a storm gathering, the engineer dies. The clergyman requests an end to the festivities as a mark of respect. Sirsa protests, but her new husband brings the celebration to a halt. The group then fragments into different activities, drunken or otherwise, and the sensual Sirsa directs her attention toward the handsome Ívar (Baldur Trausti Hreinsson).
The film's score features traditional folk music.
Gunnar Helgason
as Pétur
Joi Johannsson
as Vítus
Benedikt Erlingsson
as Hólófernes
Baldur Trausti Hreinsson
as Ívar
Magnús Ólafsson
as Sýslumaður
Gísli Halldórsson
as Nikulás
Pálína Jónsdóttir
as Sirsa
Dofri Hermannsson
as Haraldur
Arnar Jónsson
as Djákni
Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir
as Móðir Haraldar
Björk Jakobsdóttir
as Theodóra
Guðrún Þ. Stephensen
as Sjómannsekkja
