Cold Fever (Icelandic: Á köldum klaka) is a 1995 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It is a road movie set in Iceland and was the first of Friðrik's films to be made in the English language. The movie depicts the travels of a Japanese man across Iceland. It was jokingly promoted as the best Icelandic-Japanese road movie of 1995.[1]
Hirata is a successful Japanese businessman whose plan for a two-week winter holiday in Hawaii to play golf changes when his elderly grandfather reminds him that he should go to Iceland.
Hirata's parents died there seven years ago, and the seven-year anniversary of a death is a significant event in Japanese culture. Hirata must perform a ceremony in the river where they died after drowning in an avalanche – the drowned must be fed by the surviving family members if they are to find peace.
Hirata arrives in Reykjavík, Iceland. His final destination is a remote river on the far side of the island. He encounters one mishap and misadventure after another. He first accidentally gets on a wrong bus filled with German tourists traveling to see the hot springs. He also confronts a language barrier; Hirata cannot speak any Icelandic, and knows very little English. After his first day's misadventures, Hirata decides to purchase an ancient, bright red Citroën DS to make the journey. During the long drive, Hirata meets several strange people along the way. These include the mystical woman who sells him the car, which only plays one radio station. Next, Hirata meets a local woman who collects photographs of funerals. The following day, Hirata meets Jack and Jill, two American hitchhikers, who turn out to be armed and dangerous fugitives who proceed to steal his car. Nearing his destination on foot, Hirata arrives in a small village where he meets an old man named Siggi, the owner of a local lodge who teaches Hirata how to drink the most potent alcoholic beverage in Iceland.
After explaining his determination to travel to where his parents died, Hirata is aided by Siggi who borrows a pair of Icelandic horses from a local farmer, and the two of them travel on horseback to Hirata's destination. After riding across an ice cap glacier, over a ridge and into the valley where Hirata's parents died, he dismounts and tells Siggi that he must go on alone to complete his journey. After traversing a rickety bridge to the river, Hirata arrives at the river bank where he performs his cleansing ceremony at last. He then rejoins Siggi waiting for him and they both ride on their horses down a gully where they make it to a beach and the final shot shows them riding down the coast towards a nearby coastal village which hopefully will have a ferry to take Hirata back to Reykjavík and presumably back to Japan.
The Goddess of 1967, another movie in which a successful Japanese man travels foreign land in a newly purchased bright (this time pink) 1967 Citroen DS and meets strange characters, though this time in Australia.
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^"10 great Icelandic films." Sarah Lutton, BFI 23 January 2018
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Cold Fever Icelandic A koldum klaka is a 1995 Icelandic film directed by Fridrik THor Fridriksson It is a road movie set in Iceland and was the first of Fridrik s films to be made in the English language The movie depicts the travels of a Japanese man across Iceland It was jokingly promoted as the best Icelandic Japanese road movie of 1995 1 Cold FeverIcelandic theatrical poster Directed byFridrik THor FridrikssonWritten byFridrik THor FridrikssonJim StarkProduced byJim StarkStarringMasatoshi NagaseLili TaylorFisher StevensCinematographyAri KristinssonEdited bySteingrimur KarlssonMusic byHilmar Orn HilmarssonDistributed byArtistic License FilmsIceland Film CorporationRelease dateFebruary 23 1996 USA Running time85 minutesCountryIcelandLanguageEnglish Icelandic JapaneseBudgetISK 130 000 000 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Credits 2 1 Cast 2 2 Crew 3 Critical response 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksSynopsis editHirata is a successful Japanese businessman whose plan for a two week winter holiday in Hawaii to play golf changes when his elderly grandfather reminds him that he should go to Iceland Hirata s parents died there seven years ago and the seven year anniversary of a death is a significant event in Japanese culture Hirata must perform a ceremony in the river where they died after drowning in an avalanche the drowned must be fed by the surviving family members if they are to find peace Hirata arrives in Reykjavik Iceland His final destination is a remote river on the far side of the island He encounters one mishap and misadventure after another He first accidentally gets on a wrong bus filled with German tourists traveling to see the hot springs He also confronts a language barrier Hirata cannot speak any Icelandic and knows very little English After his first day s misadventures Hirata decides to purchase an ancient bright red Citroen DS to make the journey During the long drive Hirata meets several strange people along the way These include the mystical woman who sells him the car which only plays one radio station Next Hirata meets a local woman who collects photographs of funerals The following day Hirata meets Jack and Jill two American hitchhikers who turn out to be armed and dangerous fugitives who proceed to steal his car Nearing his destination on foot Hirata arrives in a small village where he meets an old man named Siggi the owner of a local lodge who teaches Hirata how to drink the most potent alcoholic beverage in Iceland After explaining his determination to travel to where his parents died Hirata is aided by Siggi who borrows a pair of Icelandic horses from a local farmer and the two of them travel on horseback to Hirata s destination After riding across an ice cap glacier over a ridge and into the valley where Hirata s parents died he dismounts and tells Siggi that he must go on alone to complete his journey After traversing a rickety bridge to the river Hirata arrives at the river bank where he performs his cleansing ceremony at last He then rejoins Siggi waiting for him and they both ride on their horses down a gully where they make it to a beach and the final shot shows them riding down the coast towards a nearby coastal village which hopefully will have a ferry to take Hirata back to Reykjavik and presumably back to Japan Credits editCast edit Masatoshi Nagase Hirata Lili Taylor Jill Fisher Stevens Jack Gisli Halldorsson Siggi Seijun Suzuki Grandfather Laura Huges Laura Johannes B Gudmundsson Old Man Briet Hedinsdottir Old Woman Gudmundur Karl Sigurdorsson Guest at Thorrablot uncredited Magnus olafsson Rurik Haraldsson Flosi olafsson Hotel owner Ari Matthiasson Alfrun Ornolfsdottir Hallbjorn Hjartarson Cowboy of the North Katrin olafsdottirCrew edit Director Fridrik THor Fridriksson Screenplay Jim Stark and Fridrik THor Fridriksson Producer Jim Stark Co producer George Gund III Executive producer Reinhard Brundig Peter Aalbaek Jensen and Christa Saredi Line producer Ari Kristinsson Director of Photography Ari Kristinsson Production Designer Arni Pall Johannsson Editor Steingrimur Karlsson Film edition Steingrimur Karlsson Sound Design Kjartan Kjartansson Sound edition Ingvar Lundberg Music Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson Featuring Killer Boogie by THeyr Costume design Maria olafsdottir Production manager Inga Bjork Solnes Gaffer Andreas Burkhard Generator operator Eggert Einarsson Still photography Mark Higashino Script supervisor Inga Lisa Middleton Colour grader Petra Schutt Production Icelandic Film Corporation Iciclefilm Pandora Film Sunrise Inc Zentropa Entertainments George Gund III Support Film Fond of HamburgCritical response editOn review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 95 based on 20 reviews and an average rating of 7 5 10 2 See also editThe Goddess of 1967 another movie in which a successful Japanese man travels foreign land in a newly purchased bright this time pink 1967 Citroen DS and meets strange characters though this time in Australia References editThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Cold Fever news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message 10 great Icelandic films Sarah Lutton BFI 23 January 2018 Cold Fever retrieved 2018 06 03External links editCold Fever at the Icelandic Film Corporation Cold Fever at IMDb nbsp Cold Fever at AllMovie Cold Fever at the Shopicelandic com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cold Fever amp oldid 1190844775, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
