Mamma Gógó
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Mamma Gógó is a 2010 Icelandic
drama film
directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 83rd Academy Awards
, but it didn't make the final shortlist.
Cinema of Iceland
Iceland has a notable cinema film industry. There are many actors to list who have caught international attention. The most famous film, and the only one to be nominated for the Oscar and European film awards, is Children of nature, directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson , sometimes credited as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic film director....
. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 83rd Academy Awards
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
, but it didn't make the final shortlist.
Cast
- Kristbjörg Kjeld - Mamma Gógó
- Hilmir Snær GuðnasonHilmir Snær GuðnasonHilmir Snær Guðnason is an Icelandic actor. He is famous in his native country and has appeared in both film and on stage. In 2000 he was named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion...
- The director - Gunnar Eyjólfsson - Gógó's deceased husband
- Margrét VilhjálmsdóttirMargrét VilhjálmsdóttirMargrét Vilhjálmsdóttir is an Icelandic actress from Reykjavík.In 1994, Margrét graduated from Listaháskóli Íslands, the Icelandic Drama Academy, and worked at Reykjavík Theatre Company for several years...
- The director's wife - Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir - The director's sister 1
- Inga Maria Valdimarsdóttir - The director's sister 2
- Jóhann Sigurðarson - The bank manager
- Bjarni Ingvarsson - The Farmer
See also
- List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film