Jóhannes (2009)

Director
Þorsteinn Gunnar Bjarnason

Main cast
Þórhallur Sigurðsson; Stefán Karl Stefánsson; Stefán Hallur Stefánsson; Herdís Þorvaldsdóttir; Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir

Genres
Comedy

Description
Laddi leikur Jóhannes, myndlistarkennara sem upplifir dag sem ætlar engan endi að taka. Þessi ólukkudagur hefst á því að Jóhannes, af sannri riddaramennsku, stoppar fyrir ungri stúlku (Unnur Birna) í rigningu á Reykjanesbrautinni. Á vegi Jóhannesar verða ýmsir skrautlegir karakterar, bandbrjálaður öfundsjúkur kærasti, metnaðarfullur skólastjóri, óalandi unglingur og kostulegt lögregluþjónatvíeyki.


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