
Ahead of Time
Comedy · Music
Overview
More than twenty years after the premiere of one of the most beloved Icelandic films (On Top/Med allt a hreinu 1982) a sequel appears. A band which folded twenty years ago (they were even considered old-fashioned then) sees fit to stage a comeback. Indications point to a great future until the ghosts of the past catch up with the band in the form of a single mother and a jolly roadie. We follow the band not only through the magnificent Icelandic landscape but also through two continents and a brief spell in the other world.
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Egill Ólafsson
Egill Ólafsson
Stinni
Egill Ólafsson
Stinni
Ragnhildur Gísladóttir
Ragnhildur Gísladóttir
Harpa Sjöfn
Ragnhildur Gísladóttir
Harpa Sjöfn


Eggert Þorleifsson
Eggert Þorleifsson
Dúddi
Eggert Þorleifsson
Dúddi
Jakob Frímann Magnússon
Jakob Frímann Magnússon
Frímann
Jakob Frímann Magnússon
Frímann
Ásgeir Óskarsson
Ásgeir Óskarsson
Hafþór
Ásgeir Óskarsson
Hafþór
Tómas M. Tómasson
Tómas M. Tómasson
Baldvin Roy
Tómas M. Tómasson
Baldvin Roy
Þórður Árnason
Þórður Árnason
Skafti
Þórður Árnason
Skafti
Höskuldur Ólafsson
Höskuldur Ólafsson
Kári Már
Höskuldur Ólafsson
Kári Már
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