''Eleven Men Out'' ( is, Strákarnir okkar ) is comedy drama directed by Róbert Ingi Douglas. The film participated in the

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a perman ...

(2005), the

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(2006), and the

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Plot summary

Ottar Thor is the star player of the

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...

ic football team KR (

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a pop ...

FC). He is a well-liked player who causes a stir when he admits being gay to his teammates and then goes on a journey to discover himself (with the help of the local press). He soon finds himself on the bench for most of his team's matches and decides to call it quits with KR. He joins a small amateur team mainly made up of men like himselfgay guys trying to play soccer in a straight world. The director of KR, who happens to be Ottar Thor's father, tries everything in his power to persuade Ottar to come back and play for his team, but he needs to get himself back into the closet before playing pro football again. A struggle between father and son starts. Ottar Thor also has a son, a teenager who is not coping well with all the attention his father is getting for the wrong reasons. Ottar Thor finally gives in to his father and returns to KR on the condition that KR plays one match against the gay team. His father accepts this condition, not realising that the match will take place on Gay Pride Day. KR wins the match 8–0.

Main cast

Björn Hlynur Haraldsson Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (born 8 December 1974) is an Icelandic actor and director. Björn was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, and graduated from the Icelandic Arts Academy in 2001. He co-founded the theatre company Vesturport the same year. In spri ...

as Ottar Thor * Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir as Gugga * Arnmundur Ernst as Magnus *

Helgi Björnsson Helgi Björnsson (born 10 July 1958), often referred to as Helgi Björns, is an Icelandic actor and pop/rock musician. He has released several albums with his own band Helgi Björns Og Reiðmenn Vindanna. He was also a lead vocalist for the Icela ...

as Pétur *

Þorsteinn Bachmann Þorsteinn Bachmann (born 25 October 1965) is an Icelandic actor. He is known for his role as Móri in '' Life in a Fishbowl''. In 2015 he won an Edda Award for that same role. Early life Þorsteinn grew up in the Fossvogur area of Reykjavík ...

as Georg * Sigurður Skúlason as Eiríkur * Lilja Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir as Ragnheiður * Jón Atli Jónasson as Orri * Björk Jakobsdóttir as Lára * Damon Younger as Brósi * Erlendur Eiríksson as Alfreð * Valdimar Örn Flygenring as Valdi * Marius Sverrisson as Starri * Viðir Guðmundsson as Daníel * Magnús Jónsson as Aron * Davíð Guðbrandsson as Ingvar *

Jóhann G. Jóhannsson Jóhann is a masculine given name. It is the Icelandic and Faroese form of the name Johann, a form of the Germanic and Latin given name "Johannes". The English-language form is John. The Icelandic surname Jóhannsson is a patronymic surname meani ...

as Matthias * Árni Pétur Guðjónsson as Logi * Jón Ingi Hákonarson as Straight Leikmadur * Serouna Yansane as Percy *

Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson or Jónsi (born 1 June 1977) is an Icelandic singer and a former member of the band ''Í svörtum fötum'' ("In black clothing"). He represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and finished 19th. Jónsi o ...

as Stebbi1 * Ísgerður Elfa Gunnarsdóttir as Sigurbjörg * Hilmár Jónsson as Viktor *Stefán Jónsson as Ási Sálfræðingur *

Pétur Einarsson Pétur () or Petur is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Petur Alberg (1885–1940), Faroese violin player and songwriter from Tórshavn * Pétur Blöndal (1944–2015), Icelandic congressman in the Icelandic Independence Party ...

as Björgvin *

Elli Johannesson In Norse mythology (a subset of Germanic mythology), Elli (Old Norse: , "old age"Orchard (1997:38).) is a personification of old age who, in the ''Prose Edda'' book '' Gylfaginning'', defeats Thor in a wrestling match.Graeme Davis (2013). ''Thor: ...

as Gunnar * Gudmundur Thorvaldsson as Markmadur (as Guðmundur Ingi Þorvaldsson) *

Ívar Örn Sverrisson Ivar ( Old Norse ''Ívarr'') is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Another variant of the name is Iver, which is more common in Norway. The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements ...

as Liðsmaður KR1 * Felix Bergsson as Dómari * Ingibjörg Reynisdóttir as Blaðakona *

Björn Ingi Hilmarsson Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

as Logregulumadur * Thelma Bjork Jonsdottir as Logreglukona * Bergur Þór Ingólfsson as Lidsmadur SAA1, * Arnar Björnsson as Actor * Róbert I. Douglas as Hommahatari I Utvarpi * Gunnþór Sigurðsson as Actor * Erling Jóhannesson as Actor * Nanna Ósk Jónsdóttir as Samsidanith (Sigga) * Pattra Sriyanonge as Rosa - Goth Girl * Ingvar Þórðarson as Homma hatari *

as Georg (uncredited)

Reception

The film has been compared to the 2004 German production ''

Guys and Balls ''Guys and Balls'' ( German: ''Männer wie wir'', literally ''Men like us'', UK title: Balls) is a 2004 sports comedy/ romance film by German American director Sherry Hormann about a gay goalkeeper who assembles a gay-only soccer team to play a ...

''.

Release

''Eleven Men Out'' was released on 31 August 2005.

Awards

Edda Awards - Iceland * Nominated for an Edda Award for Best Film * Nominated for an Edda Award for Supporting Actor or Supporting Actress of the Year -

* Nominated for an Edda Award for Supporting Actor or Supporting Actress of the Year -

* Nominated for an Edda Award for Supporting Actor or Supporting Actress of the Year - Jón Atli Jónason

References

External links

*
Official U.S. Site
* * * * * {{Róbert Ingi Douglas 2005 films Association football films LGBT-related sports comedy-drama films LGBT-related coming-of-age films 2000s Icelandic-language films Icelandic LGBT-related films Icelandic romance films 2000s sports comedy-drama films 2005 LGBT-related films Gay-related films Films directed by Róbert Ingi Douglas Icelandic comedy-drama films 2005 comedy films 2005 drama films