Cop Secret (Icelandic: Leynilögga) is a 2021 Icelandic action comedy film directed by Hannes Þór Halldórsson from a screenplay that he co-wrote alongside Nína Pedersen and Sverrir Þór Sverrisson. The film stars Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir.[1][2]
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Directed by | Hannes Þór Halldórsson |
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Produced by | Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir |
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Cinematography | Elli Cassata |
Edited by | Guðni Hilmar Halldórsson & Hannes Þór Halldórsson |
Music by | Kristján Sturla Bjarnason |
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Distributed by | Samfilm |
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Country | Iceland |
Language | Icelandic |
It is scheduled to premiere in Iceland in 2021.[3][4]
The film is based on a fake movie trailer made by Auðunn, Hannes and Sverrir Þór Sverrisson for a TV show in 2011. The trailer featured Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Hjalti Árnason, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Hörður Magnússon and Hermann Gunnarsson.[5]
A cop (Auðunn Blöndal) in denial of his sexuality, falls in love with his new partner (Egill Einarsson), while investigating a string of bank robberies where nothing seems to have been stolen.[6]
On 19 January 2021 it was announced that the Hannes Þór Halldórsson directional debut film Cop Secret will be presented on the Nordic Film Market on 5 February 2021.[7][8]
Principal photography concluded in December 2020, in Iceland.[9]
Jay Weissberg of Variety said of the film "Entertaining? Yes, by and large. Clever? Not by a long shot."[10]