A former sailor who has served prison sentences for alcohol smuggling fights to keep his family afloat. He is offered pay for a last tour of cargo between Reykjavik and Rotterdam. He agrees, in the hope to get out of debt, but unexpected events occur.

Devil's Island is a bitter sweet tale of Iceland in the fifties. Life is rough in Reykjavik's post-war slum of Camp Thule, where the abandoned US military barracks have been turned into makeshift homes. Struggling wives and their hard-working husbands try to make ends meet. The younger generation dreams of dollars, Rock'n'Roll and the American way of life. To celebrate or to drown their misery - they're never short of a good reason to booze. Devil's Island vividly depicts the everyday life of a wacky family, their neighbours and friends and shows how some of their dreams come true and others don't.

The psychiatry department of a young doctor Cora has just admitted a young lady who refuses to speak and whose identity remains unknown. Cora becomes fond of her patient and establishes a relationship which goes beyond the usual course of treatment. She feels a kind of "call" from this woman as a strange and strong tie grows between them. One day, Cora learns that the identity of her patient has been discovered. Her name is Loa, she is a stranger, she has been sent back home…to Iceland. Cora, who had no idea of this woman's life outside their relationship, is deeply moved : she decides to meet up with her in order to finish the treatment.

由于童年遭受的创伤，米拉（爱娃·罗斯 Ava Rose 饰）很早就对爱情和婚姻失去了信心。阿基（巴尔塔萨·库马克 Baltasar Kormákur 饰）曾经是一名拳击运动员，生性放浪形骸的他对能给他带来快感的一切来者不拒，他带着儿子，骑着摩托车，常年奔波在前往远方的道路上。就是这样的两人，他们相遇并且相爱了，激情的火花超乎意料的燃烧着，为了能够尽情的享受鱼水之欢，他们甚至放弃了工作。
亲密的关系带来的是沉重的责任，在激情之后，他们不得不面对的，是阿基灰暗又罪恶的过去。一心想和米拉过上正常生活的阿基决定通过走私毒品最后大赚一笔，没想到这次行动却为他生命的终结吹响了号角。

Páll is an artistic and sensitive young man. Getting dumped by his girlfriend, Dagny, triggers his descent into madness. We follow him on his way to inevitable doom; at home with his parents who finally can't cope, and in the mental institution, Kleppur.

a well-respected doctor and family man in Reykjavik, whose life gets out of control when his daughter introduces her new – criminal – boyfriend.

Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing the net while living off unemployment checks. A girl is interested in him, but he stands back from commitment. His mother's Spanish flamenco teacher, Lola, moves in with them for Christmas. On New Year's Eve, while his mother is away, Hlynur finds out Lola is a lesbian, but also ends up having sex with her. He soon finds out he and his mother are sharing more than a house. Eventually he must find out where he fits into the puzzle, and how to live life less selfishly.