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Polite People

6.220111h 30mMovieComedyDrama

A desperate city slicker engineer cheats his way into a small farming community, pretending to know how to save them by re-financing their slaughterhouse not knowing that he's walking into a local world war of small-town politics and general misbehaving.

DirectorOlaf de Fleur Johannesson
WritersHrafnkell Stefánsson·Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
ProducersJoi Johannsson·Guðni Páll Sæmundsson

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Cast · Directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson

SSStefán Karl Stefánsson
Stefán Karl Stefánsson
Lárus Skjaldarson
ÁEÁgústa Eva Erlendsdóttir
Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir
Margrét
HGHilmir Snær Guðnason
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Hrafnkell
EÞEggert Þorleifsson
Eggert Þorleifsson
Markell
RJRagnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Hanna
HGHalldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Elín
BEBenedikt Erlingsson
Benedikt Erlingsson
Þorgeir
GHGunnar Hansson
Gunnar Hansson
Jónatan
ISIngvar E. Sigurðsson
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Þorsteinn
FF
Friðrik Friðriksson
Danish photographer
JJJoi Johannsson
Joi Johannsson
Askur
PEPétur Einarsson
Pétur Einarsson
Skjöldur

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Polite People is streaming on OVID, Hoopla and Fawesome in United States, and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video. It's not currently on Netflix.

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