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Hlynur is 28 years old and lives with his mother. He plans to retire right after his unemployment insurance. He has never left the borders of Reykjavik and is not interested in anything else. He sleeps until noon, watches fitness videos as porn and sometimes meets with his girlfriend. But to sleep, he goes home alone. He also indifferently accepts the mother's announcement that her friend Lola (Victoria Abril) is coming to visit her over Christmas. Contrary to his expectations he is excited by the sight of the beautiful Spaniard, who lets him watch while she takes a shower. The mother, however, tells Hlynur that she has found out that she is a lesbian and that she will live with Lola from now on... Icelandic Baltasar Kormákur's debut is entitled Reykjavik's postcode. The film is a cynical comedy, the core of which is tragic, but which is hardly noticeable because of the many bizarre ideas. One of the running gags is Hlynur's neighbour, who constantly watches him with binoculars. Passion far below zero - sometimes you feel like in a Spanish comedy of the 80s, only the pacing is more deliberate. In Kormákurs Sex-Farce the human being is ready for a coming out at any time - but in the end the hero literally falls back into hibernation under a blanket of snow.