Niceland

Fredrik Thor Fridriksson

IndieLisboa 2004 •

Iceland, Fiction, 2004, 87′

Jed and Chloe are in their early twenties, in love – and mentally handicapped. When Jed accidentally causes the death of Chloe’s cat, which she loves almost asmuch as Jed, Chloe retreats into silence and loses her will to live. Convinced that there must be something else in life to give it meaning, Jed sets out to find it. Led to believe that a dealer, Max, knows the precious answer, a bond of friendship develops between them. Jed realizes that he, he himself, knows what he’s been looking for. Now he must hurry to tell Chloe. But she is in coma and when he arrives at the hospital, her bed is empty…