Jar City (2006) aka Mýrin
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Halló! For the fourth leg of their journey through Icelandic cinema, Rob and Ellie hitch a ride out of the capital with the police to investigate a murder that reveals a whole bunch of secrets closely related to the people and the history of the country. 6 years and 2 films after 101 Reykjavik, Baltasar Kormákur adapted an Icelandic crime novel by the incredibly popular Arnaldur Indriðason. Jar City is classic Scandi-noir story with a very specifically Icelandic subject at its centre. Starring Rob's fave Ingvar E. Sigurðsson as Detective Erlendur buckle up for a captivating and COLD thriller!   Please subscribe, rate and review and Follow us on Twitter @KVIKMYNDAPOD and now Instagram kvikmyndapod   Artwork designed by Sophie Watts (justahappyspace)   Music by Branches Bare ('Half-light' from the EP 'In the Origami Folds of the Night You Rip the Seam of Sleep Wide Open)
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