A tonal switch from historical drama Godland, Icelandic director Pálmason offers a tender and inventive account of the end of a marriage.
With a backdrop of spectacular Icelandic landscapes, strikingly shot on 35mm in Academy ratio, the film introduces us to artist Anna and fisherman Magnus, their three children (played by Pálmason’s real life kids) and a scene-stealing family dog. Anna is certain about her break-up with Magnus; he is less so. Returning home when he’s not at sea, his influence in the family is on the wane. Over a year, in a series of droll, thoughtful, occasionally surreal vignettes, Pálmason delivers an airy but aching study of marriage, family life and the loss of separation.
