Black’s Game
Film - Homage | Nicolas Winding Refn Filmfest 2012

Black’s Game

Directed by Óskar Thór Axelsson

Info

Director: Óskar Thór Axelsson
Section: Homage | Nicolas Winding Refn
Country: Iceland
Year: 2012
PT: Black's Game - Kaltes Land
OT: SVARTUR Á LEIK
Language: Icelandic
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Thor Kristjansson, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Damon Younger, María Birta, Vignir Rafn Valpórsson
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

Black’s Game

The last few years of the millennium marked a transformational period for the Icelandic underworld. What had been a relatively innocent playground for petty criminals and “hobby pushers” progressed into the organized and violent industry that prevails today.
BLACK’S GAME takes place during turbulent times, using as framework a handful of real events from the period; the Ecstasy revolution, two armed bank heists, a large scale insurance scam and the biggest drugbust in the country’s history. All these events shook Icelandic society profoundly, not least because of the high level of professionalism.

Meet the director

Óskar Thór Axelsson

Credits

Screenplay: Óskar Thór Axelsson, Original von / by: Stefán Máni
Director of Photography: Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Film Editor: Kristján Loðmfjörð
Composer: Frank Hall
Production Designer: Haukur Karlsson
Costume Design: Margrét Einarsdóttir
Sound: Huldar Freyr Arnarson
Producer: Thor S. Sigurjonsson
Production Company: Filmus Productions
Co-Producer: Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Arnar Knutsson
World Sales: TrustNordisk Film
Distributor: Koch Media Deutschland GmbH