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？

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.

在一次浪漫的冰岛之旅中，一对年轻的美国夫妇一天早上醒来，发现地球上的每一个人都消失了。他们为了生存和调和这一神秘事件的斗争导致他们重新考虑他们对自己和世界的一切了解。

根据冰岛长篇史诗《吉斯利萨迦》改编。
吉斯利认为是索尔格里姆杀死了他的朋友维斯泰因，他将索尔格里姆杀死，因而被判处流放之刑。
吉斯利开始了逃亡之旅，不过噩梦一直困扰着他，并且耗费了他的精力："在我的梦中，我的身边有两个女人，其中一个对我很好，不过另一个净给我讲述坏事，而且她的故事一天比一天更糟糕。
由于这些噩梦的折磨，吉斯利四处躲藏，变换地点，直到他变得十分害怕黑暗。最终，十分虚弱的吉斯利在英雄般的最后一战中杀死了八个人后，被他的敌人埃约尔夫砍倒。

2009年度冰岛本土最卖座影片。影片讲述的是一个长达50年时间关于救赎的故事，受过高等教育的主人公无所不知，然而却在他从监狱里刑满释放出来以后依旧生活在过去的阴影中，成为自己心中的阶下囚。