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The Noise of Engines

Le bruit des moteurs

2021

Placed on forced leave and returning to his small Quebec hometown, a customs-college instructor strikes up an odd friendship with a visiting Icelandic drag racer as he becomes the target of a bizarre local investigation. A deadpan absurdist comedy.

Why it’s here

A Canadian outsider film substantially built around Icelandic travel and imagined escape.

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Part of 10 Movies Set in or About Iceland

This film is stop 7 of 10 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about Iceland. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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