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A9ainst

2011 · 79 min

A quiet, talky documentary that follows activists' reasoning and the legal fallout, asking you to think rather than feel.

Directed by
Haukur Már Helgason
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Lárus Páll Birgisson
Overview
A9ainst is a film about nine participants in a political protest action attempted on the public benches of the Icelandic parliament in December 2008. A year after the non-violent demonstration those nine were charged and prosecuted for an ‘attack against parliament’, with reference to a sort of anti-terrorist clause in the penal code. The film is an attempt to investigate their vision: which lines of thought were pursued by those activists willing to go a few steps further than the general public 40 days before massive demonstrations overthrew Iceland’s government.

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Directed by
Haukur Már Helgason
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Lárus Páll Birgisson
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    Themes
    • politics
    • justice
    • power
    • rebellion
    • class
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism10
    Romance0
    Tension4
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    Complexity6
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Haukur Már Helgason
    Starring
    Lárus Páll Birgisson
    Cinematography
    Miriam Fassbender
    Runtime
    79 min
    Languages
    Icelandic

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