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‘The School of Housewives’ Writers on Their Intimate Icelandic Social Issues Drama, Competing at Göteborg
Arnór Pálmi Arnarson, Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir discuss the series, inspired by a real training facility for housewives and mothers in Reykjavik.
The series turns Hekla, who, after being in and out of rehab since she was a teenager, enrolls in The School of Housewives – a real facility based in Reykjavik – in order to get her daughter back from foster care. The fact that the school is still active today fascinated us, and we saw it as a compelling setting to explore how societal roles have shifted and whether such an institution remains relevant. The landscape began to shift significantly after the success of “Trapped” in 2017, which garnered international attention and sparked greater interest in Icelandic TV.
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