Credited cast: | |||
Ingvar Sigurdsson | ... | Ingimundur (as Ingvar Sigurðsson) | |
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Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir | ... | Salka |
Hilmir Snær Guðnason | ... | Olgeir | |
Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir | ... | Ingimundur's Wife | |
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Björn Ingi Hilmarsson | ... | Trausti |
Elma Stefania Agustsdottir | ... | Elín (as Elma Stefanía Ágústsdóttir) | |
Haraldur Stefansson | ... | Stefán (as Haraldur Ari Stefánsson) | |
Laufey Elíasdóttir | ... | Ingibjörg | |
Sigurður Sigurjónsson | ... | Bjössi | |
Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson | ... | Hrafn (as Arnmundur Ernst Bachman) | |
Þór Tulinius | ... | Georg (Psychiatrist) | |
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Sverrir Þór Sverrisson | ... | Sveppi |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Ída Mikaelsdóttir | ... | Elín's Child |
In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his wife, who recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. A story of grief, revenge and unconditional love. Written by Join Motion Pictures
The opening frames of Hlynur Palmason's movie "A White, White Day" conveys weather and landscape in a way very few movies have. It's clear seasons and time are passing in a dizzying, almost disorientating, fashion so when people finally appear, (an elderly man and his granddaughter), they feel as if they shouldn't be here and when we move indoors, it's like a alien place, particularly as there is a horse in the living room. And then it's back to more of the same, images of a landscape, but now with people occasionally appearing at a distance..
In part an intimate psychological study of its central character, Ingimundur, (a superb, award-winning performance from Ingvar Sigurdsson), and in part a study of the harsh environment in which he lives, Palmason's film is a visually stunning and often relentless 'thriller', dealing with the themes of grief, jealousy and revenge. It's also the kind of film that clearly belongs in the Northern Hemisphere where nature at its least forgiving determines both the landscape and the character of its inhabitants. You could say Ingimundur is the way he is becasue of his environment.
The plot evolves slowly yet inexorably with dialogue kept to a minimum. As a thriller it reminded me of the television series "True Detective" which certainly took its time and wasn't really concerned with resolving issues; the pace here is decidedly languorous and the film is open-ended. A huge hit on the festival circuit and the Icelandic entry for the Oscars, it should also prove very popular with art-house audiences.