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UNITED STATES · 2002

The Sea

Baltasar Kormákur
family secrets inheritance dispute generational conflict coastal isolation patriarchal authority
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Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.

Year2002
CountryUnited States
DirectorBaltasar Kormákur
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