The film centers on Hlynur, a thirty-year-old slacker who still lives with his mother, Berglind. His mother’s best friend and Spanish flamenco teacher, Lola, moves in with the two for Christmas. While his mother is away, Hlynur learns Lola is a bisexual with a high sex drive. After a night of drinking, Hlynur and Lola end up having sex. When Berglind returns home, she discloses to Hlynur that she is also a bisexual and she is in love with Lola.
Jónína Ólafsdóttir as woman at the employment office
Sigríður Helgadóttir as Amma
Inga Maria Valdimarsdóttir as Vinkona Hófíar
Agnar Jón Egilsson as Rósi
Rósi Hattari as Barfluga
Atli Rafn Sigurðsson as Gulli
Guðrún María Bjarnadóttir as Ingey
Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir as Gunna
Benedikt Ingi Armannsson as Óli
Critical reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 47 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's consensus reads: "A funny, offbeat romantic comedy about an unlikely tryst with the beautiful Icelandic landscape as a backdrop."[4]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 68 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[5]
