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Hvellur (2013)

Name: Hvellur
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-12-14T11:53:19+01:00

Documentary | 64 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 64 minuten

Alternative title: The Laxá Farmers

Country: Iceland

Directed by: Grímur Hákonarson

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Hvellur plot

Documentary about a group of old farmers who blew up a dam forty years ago to save their valley. After years of fierce protests, they finally lost the fight; they were chased from their land. But in the middle of the night, they returned with dynamite, an explosion that marked the beginning of environmental activism in Iceland. The loyal farmers won a lawsuit brought against them by cooperating and confessing to all. For forty years they managed to keep the secret, until now.