Revolution Reykjavik covered in book on Icelandic cinema published in the UK

Editor Jez Conolly writes:

In documenting Iceland’s banking collapse few films have captured the loss of personal dignity suffered by many citizens as starkly and acutely as Isold Uggadottir’s excellent short. 
In a mere eighteen minutes this short film captures the heart and soul of a proud Icelander, initially caught in the intoxicating fumes of false prosperity then crushed in the aftermath of the un-imaginable economic crash. Caught in a storm of sudden unemployment, the unveiling of a deceitful corporate and political web deconstructs the ideology of a loyal follower of the Icelandic Independent Party, and the

Icelandic business model as presented by the shepherds leading the herd at the height of prosperity. Gudfinna, like the wounded sheep left to die in the wake of the shepherd’s abandonment, is filled with quiet anger fumed by her wounded pride, a pride irreparably damaged and shattered in the wake of the individual’s economic death. The stern pride of a woman whose generation is no stranger to economic instability and brought up to believe in the value of hard work, is erased in the first months of the recession. This symbol of the Icelandic national character is the epicentre of the film, written and directed by Ísold Uggadóttir and first premiered at the ‘Reykjavik International Film Festival’ (RIFF) in 2011.    See:  World Film Locations:  Reykjavik