Ingvar Sigurdsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, and Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir in Jar City (2006)

Jar City

Original title: Mýrin
Movie2006• Not Rated• 1h 33m
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller
⭐ 6.8 / 10(5,774)

A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.

Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
1h 33m
Released
2006
Country
Iceland, Germany, Denmark

Details

Release year: 2006

Storyline

A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.

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Did you know

• The take-away food Erlendur is eating is boiled sheep's head known as "Svið", an Icelandic delicacy.

• The characters of Örn and his daughter, Kola, are played by real life father & daughter, Atli Rafn Sigurðsson and Rafnhildur Rósa Atladóttir, respectively.

• The little town in Keflavík is Hvalsnes.

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

Well-crafted police thriller with more than most of the genre.

👍 16 · 9/17/2008
⭐ 8/10

Interesting crime tale

👍 19 · 4/21/2008
⭐ 8/10

Mýrin!!!

👍 66 · 10/21/2006

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Color
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