已过不惑之年的单身汉Fúsi是个机场搬运工，精通机械却不善言辞，他的生活单调到除了工作就是金属乐和各种模型桌游。在家人的鼓动下他尝试去了一个舞蹈班并终于认识了妹子，但害羞怯懦的他最后能走出自己的世界吗？

天寒地冻，地广人稀，冬季降临冰岛边陲的荒野山村。四际无人，只有一个小农场孤零零地屹立在大自然的严寒之中，电话和收音机成为他们与外界唯一的联系。
这个清晨，年事已高的农场主人Hrafn（Jón Sigurbjörnsson 饰）有条不紊地打理家中的一切，妻子Gróa（Kristjana Vagnsdottir 饰）则似乎仍沉浸在睡眠之中。女儿打来电话，在一周之内将把父母接到城里，颐养天年。而Hrafn好像却另有想法，他沉着地用自己的方式和这个待了一辈子的农场作最后的告别……
本片荣获2006年奥斯卡电影节最佳短片奖提名。

In 1954, following the death of her American serviceman husband, beautiful Freya (Margaret Vilhjalmsdottir) returns to her native Icelandic fishing village. With several trunks of fashionable clothing and astounding tales of life in postwar New York, she turns the town on its ear with her glamorous presence. Intent on finding another husband, she moves into the already bustling household of her grandparents, joining Granny, insecure young Dodo, mentally challenged Ninna, her grandfather (when he isn't out on a fishing boat), and precocious 11 year-old Agga (Ugla Egilsdottir). Agga is suspicious of Freya from the moment she arrives but eventually her distrust gives way to fascination. When Freya has a passionate encounter with Bjorn, an engineer and one of the town's most eligible bachelors, Agga helps iron out the kinks in the burgeoning romance. The drama that unfolds becomes the talk of the town, and eventually carries all the women of Freya's extended family into unexpectedly dark territory. Stunning Icelandic locales give THE SEAGULL'S LAUGHTER a distinctly exotic sense of time and place. Vilhjamsdottir is a beguiling screen presence, and in Egilsdottir, she has a winning, appealing foil. Veering between quaint, small-town-style comedy--in which the quaintness of the locals is played for laughs--and dark, myth-influenced drama, Agust Guomundsson's unique and amusing film is a treat for the adventurous filmgoer.

故事发生在警察卡塔和阿纳尔，他们负责调查冰岛第一个连环杀手的可怕谋杀案。这对不太可能的情侣慢慢地开始把这个案子和一个神秘的被遗弃的男孩的家联系起来，这个家名叫“瓦尔哈拉”。