Simon Staho

Danish film director Simon Staho born 1972 has worked with a number of renowned Swedish actors including Mikael Persbrandt Noomi Rapace Pernilla August and Erland Josephson Stahos first feature film VildsporWildside 1998 was shot in Iceland and starred Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj CosterWaldau It was selected for the San Sebastian International Film Festival Variety wrote in its review A solidly crafted thriller with links to classic film noir though the bleakly beautiful Icelandic settings invest this tale of friendship and betrayal with a distinct ambience Intelligent and suspenseful fare