The Seagull´s Laughter

At the beginning of the fifties a young Icelandic woman, Freya, returned home from the United States where she had married some time before. Now she’s a widow and she wants to settle down near her relatives in a village near Reykjavik. Her arrival turns the quiet fishing community upside down. The mysterious and lovely Freya doesn’t hide the fact that she is aware of her obvious feminine assets, and that she is determined to take advantage of them to the fullest in order to free her family from the penury in which they live. Freya’s charms enchant not only the young policeman but the majority of the male population of the village, but Freya aims a bit higher – Bjorn Theodor, one of the local bigwigs, soon to be wed to the mayor’s daughter. But the engagement is no obstacle for Freya. She is willing to do everything necessary to ensure that the next mistress of one particularly imposing manor in the area is none other than Freya herself. Freya´s activities are closely followed by eleven-year-old Agga, who admires her older relative and at the same time suspects her of committing some crime. Who exactly is Freya? A Viking heroine? A fairy queen? A murderer? The goddess of love? These are questions Agga would very much like to have answered….