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Salka Valka

1954

In a small Icelandic fishing village, a resilient young woman rises from poverty to become a fishing-boat partner and a force in her community, navigating love and hardship along the way. Adapted from Halldór Laxness's novel.

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A Swedish adaptation of Halldór Laxness's Icelandic social novel.

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