mail order viagra in uk/www.hotindienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/white-night-wedding.jpg” alt=”Foreign-language Oscar entry WHITE NIGHT WEDDING comes to DVD Sept 15″ width=”240″ height=”240″ />
Baltasar Kormakur, creator of modern arthouse classics 101 Reykjavik and The Sea, returns with a bracing adaptation of Chekhov’s drama of marital discord, Ivanov in IFC Films DVD release of WHITE NIGHT WEDDING. The dark comedy makes its U.S. debut on DVD September 15, 2009.
Director Baltasar Kormakur puts a modern spin on Chekhov in WHITE NIGHT WEDDING, a poignant comedy-drama making its American debut on DVD from IFC Films and MPI Media Group. The DVD will be released on September 15, 2009, with an SRP of $24.98.
WHITE NIGHT WEDDING, co-written by Kormakur and Olafur Egill Egilsson, is a loose adaptation of “Ivanov,” Anton Chekhov’s early tragicomic play about marital strife. The film, set in modern-day Iceland, centers on a middle-aged professor (of Chekhov), Jon (Hilmir Snaer Gudnasson), who is preparing to marry an ex-student half his age in just 24 hours. Not everyone thinks this “blessed union” is a good idea, among them the parents of his future wife, Thora (Laufey Eliasdottir).
For one thing, Jon’s first wife (Margret Vilhjalmsdottir, seen in flashbacks) committed suicide only a year ago and he remains racked with guilt. For another, Thora’s parents run the only store, hotel and bar on the island of Flatey where the wedding is to take place, and Jon owes his future mother-in-law money. Even the reverend who is to conduct the ceremony (played by co-writer Egilsson) thinks the marriage is doomed. As the guests flock to Flatey, the groom begins to get cold feet.
WHITE NIGHT WEDDING won six Edda Awards (Iceland’s Oscar), including Best Film, Best Actor (Gudnasson), Supporting Actor (Thorstur Leo Gunnarsson, as Jon’s overbearing friend), Supporting Actress (Olafia Hronn Jonsdottir, as Thora’s mother) and Best Cinematography.
WHITE NIGHT WEDDING
Street date: September 15, 2009
Prebook: August 10, 2009
SRP: $24.98
Running time: 94 minutes
Not Rated
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1, letterbox
DVD Extras: Theatrical trailer
UPC: 030306970394
Catalogue: IFC9703
ISBN: 0788611917
In Icelandic with English subtitles
