Life in a Fishbowl (, literally Hope Street) is a 2014 Icelandic drama film directed by Baldvin ZophonÃÂasson. It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
The movie follows three people living in Reykjavik in 2006. Eik, a kindergarten teacher and mother struggling to make money thus working as part time as a prostitute, Sölvi, a former athlete who is now in the corporate world and Móri, an older man struggling with alcoholism.