A9ainst (2011)
Directed by Haukur Már Helgason
Run Time - 80 min. |
Countries - Iceland |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis
A9ainst is a film about nine participants in a political protest action attempted on the public benches of the Icelandic parliament in December 2008. A year after the non-violent demonstration those nine were charged and prosecuted for an 'attack against parliament', with reference to a sort of anti-terrorist clause in the penal code. The film is an attempt to investigate their vision: which lines of thought were pursued by those activists willing to go a few steps further than the general publi