''Gnarr'' is a 2010 Icelandic

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

directed by

Gaukur Úlfarsson Gaukur Úlfarsson (born 11 September 1973) is an Icelandic film director. Gaukur began his career directing advertisements and music videos. In the 2003 Edda Awards, he won the Music Video of the Year (''Tónlistarmyndband ársins'') for ''M ...

. The film follows the political campaign of

Jón Gnarr Jón Gnarr (; born Jón Gunnar Kristinsson on 2 January 1967) is an Icelanders, Icelandic actor, comedian, and politician who served as the Mayor of Reykjavík, Mayor of Reykjavík from 2010 to 2014. He is currently a member of the Althing for ...

, a former punk rocker with no background in politics that formed his own party – the

Best Party The Best Party () was an Icelandic political party founded by Jón Gnarr on 16 November 2009. The party contested the 2010 city council election in Reykjavík and won a plurality on the Reykjavík City Council, receiving 34.7% of the vote, de ...

– and became the mayor of

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

Cast

as Gnarr

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* * * 2010 films 2010 documentary films Icelandic documentary films 2010s Icelandic-language films Politics of Reykjavík Documentary films about elections Documentary films about punk music and musicians {{poli-documentary-film-stub