Either Way

Two employees of the Icelandic Road Administration spend the summer painting lines on the winding roads as they both find themselves at a crossroads in their lives.

Cast

Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson

as Finnbogi

Hilmar Guðjónsson

as Alfred

Þorsteinn Bachmann

as Vörubílstjóri

Valgerður Rúnarsdóttir

as Kona

Þorbjörn Guðmundsson

as Maður í staur 2

Runólfur Ingólfsson

as Maður í staur 1

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