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"LOVE IS IN THE AIR" is a documentary film showing how vesturport theater (www.artbox.is) from reykjavík is preparing for their first big English-speaking show outside iceland. they performed "romeo and juliet" at the young vic in London. the film accompanies them on their way to their "training camp" in Sweden and during rehearsals in London, it shows their experiences in a obviously not-all-too-great hotel there and the actors working, partying, complaining, being tired, happily crying, relieved after a great premiere...

it is just interesting to watch how it all came to happen...how much hard work and stress it was for everyone involved but it also shows their fun and passion for the project.

definitely worth watching, especially for those who have seen the show live on stage.

I saw this film in 2003 when I was given the video...I fell in love with it from the first moment on. The story was not so much my cup of tea...but it was told with beautiful pictures.

An Ex-Con who comes to Iceland willing to commit suicide gets solved by his daughter but in the end he has to die for her (in a way). There are just some dialogues --- or better: monologues of Keith Carradine's character Simon --- that come across too "simple".

Even though he is said to be the star of the movie it is actually Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir. She makes the character of Dúa shine and gives her a slightly mysterious note. The true beauty of this movie lies in Dúa and in the Icelandic scenery of which she is a re-presentation.