The Seagull's Laughter

This surprise hit at film festivals around the world comes from Iceland. Roger Ebert praised the film, calling it "a human comedy...with grace and humanity." The Seagull's Laughter depicts the uproar in a small fishing community near Reykjavik when Freya, a native daughter, returns from the U.S. in the early 1950s as a sexy and sophisticated war widow. Captivating the village's male population no less than its female, Freya assumes the larger-than-life allure of a Viking goddess: she's half angel and half seductress. (102 mins.)