Jar City

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In Iceland, everyone's connected. Breaking box office records in its native Iceland, and winner of the Crystal Globe for Best film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival—the premier Eastern European festival—Jar City is a taut thriller that turns on the famously homogeneous gene pool of the tiny Nordic nation. When an elderly man is found murdered in his basement flat, Inspector Erlendur and his team don't have much to go on, except a photograph of a young girl's grave. They discover that many years ago the man was accused—though not convicted—of horrible crimes. Did his past come back to haunt him? As Erlendur reopens this very cold case, he follows a trail of unusual forensic evidence to the national genetic database, where he encounters the hacker Orn, distraught at the death of his own young daughter. Together, they uncover secrets that are much larger than the murder of one old man—with clues knitted into the bloodline of an entire country.

Jar City

0 minute 45 seconds

Release Date: 06/05/2009
Languages: Icelandic
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery / Thriller
Subtitles: English subtitles
Runtime: 93.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4 (PAL)
Catalogue: MMA2866

"A chilling murder mystery..." EMPIRE

"a superbly made, thoroughly engaging thriller that exerts a powerful emotional grip and is well worth seeking out. Recommended." VIEW LONDON

"...engrossing, atmospheric... A satisfying, altogether distinctive piece of filmmaking." TIME OUT

"A blockbuster in its native Iceland... this somber, sinewy police procedural... could pass for an episode of CSI: Reykjavik..." VILLAGE VOICE

"JAR CITY is a uniquely Icelandic work – as dark and brooding as the long winter nights, it is also infused with a sardonic northern humour as sour as fermented shark..." THE TIMES

"Intricate and pointed, conjuring a haunting, satisfying puzzle out of violence and chaos...JAR CITY is chilly and cerebral but also morbidly and powerfully alive to grossness and physicality." THE NEW YORK TIMES

"The genomic research angle adds another satisfying layer of mystery to the already twisted trail of linkages." VARIETY

"The well-directed cast competently handles the genre material, though Sigurđsson stands out as particularly strong." FILMCRITIC.COM