Sagafilm

And God Created Murder

The full length feature film is planned for production in 2006.The dark side of humanity framed in by the bright norhtern summernights, the film brings us the contrast of Icelandic wilderness and modern cities at the same time.

When a middle-aged woman is murdered and her death staged as a suicide, her troubled daughter begins her own investigation into her mother's life, searching for the person responsible for her death.  She discovers much more than she bargains for, including decade old secrets, incest and erroneous identities that lead to the discovery of her real parents. 

Genre: Drama
Category: Feature Film
Format: 35 mm (from Digi-Beta with Prime Lenses)
Production Date: Summer 2006
Production Budget: EUR 1.200.000 
Co-Producer: Icelandic Film Centre
Director: Ragnar Agnarsson
Produced by: Kristinn Thordarson & Magnus V. Sigurdsson

Synopsis: 
While shooting a documentary of a glacier in the wilderness of Iceland, KRISTRUN (30's) receives a phone call from her brother THOR (30's), informing her that their mother HILDUR (50's) has committed suicide.  Hastily, she returns to the city and finds Thor with his wife ASTA (30's) rummaging through their mother's house.  It's apparent that the siblings don't get along and Thor literally blames her for their mother's death.  He's been told from neighbors that Kristrun visited their mother the night before which resulted in an argument where she was heard threatening to kill their mother.   Kristrun says it was a figure of speech.

However, torn by guilt, Kristrun heads to the morgue and insists on seeing the body of her mother. Later at home, Kristrun finds a letter under a chair, which her father, whom she's never seen, sent to her mother.  In it, he says he's heading back to Iceland after being away for more than thirty years.  The reason for his return is a letter that Kristrun sent him, which was the reason for her argument with her mother to begin with.  

Kristrun's been in and out of mental hospitals and because of that lost the custody over her daughter BIRTA (13) who is about to be confirmed.  They have a decent relationship but it's somewhat stilted. 
 
About the Director: 
Born in Reykjavik Iceland, Ragnar Agnarsson started working in the film industry in the late 80's.  He is self-educated and has worked in every department in the film business. 

He quickly established himself as one of the most promising Icelandic cinematographers, working internationally with some of the best directors in Scandinavia. 

Ragnar spent two years in Los Angeles where he worked as a freelance director of photography.  When back in Iceland in 1999, he focused his career on directing and is now recognized as a highly productive and visual director.

The majority of his work thus far has been music videos and commercials for companies such as Spron Bank, Baugur Groupe, Nissan, Subaru, Mitsubishi Pajero and Toyota. 

As one of Iceland's leading directors, "And god created murder" will be his first feature film. 

About the Producers: 
Mr. Sigurdsson and Mr. Thordarson are producing partners and co-founders of the Icelandic production company Storm. 

A few years back, Mr. Sigurdsson line produced the critically acclaimed "101 Reykjavik" with director Baltasar Kormakur. Whether producing a feature film, a quality documentary or a complicated foreign commercial making use of Icelandic nature, Mr. Sigurdsson has proven himself as one of Iceland's most prolific and experienced producer.  Magnus has proven time and again his ability to bring projects in on time and on budget, without compromising the integrity of the project.

Mr. Thordarson splits his time between Reykjavik and Los Angeles, currently producing and writing projects on both sides of the Atlantic.  A couple of years ago, Mr. Thordarson produced a 2.5 million dollar independent feature film in the United States.  It was shot on location around Los Angeles and distributed by Porchlight Entertainment.  Besides that, Mr. Thordarson has several other film projects under his belt and all together, they've produced about six feature films combined.