Icelandic family is a quirky `Island'

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Sveinn Geirsson Karolina Sigurveig Jonsdottir Gogo SagaJonsdottir Directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Written by EinarKarason. Running time: 103 minutes. No MPAA rating. In Icelandic,with English subtitles. Opens today at Facets Cinematheque, 1517 W.Fullerton. Sweet cynicism is the unlikely tone sounded in "Devil'sIsland," a family saga set in a rusty, shabby slum on the outskirtsof Reykjavik, Iceland.

Abandoned U.S. military barracks supply the downscale setting forthe fifth feature by Icelandic auteur Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, whoobserves a hardy, hard-drinking band of survivors. This …