A White, White Day (2019)
(Hvítur, hvítur dagur)
Country: ICE/DK/SV
Technical: col/2.35:1 109m
Director: Hlynur Pálmason
Cast: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir
Synopsis:
A widower spends his time converting a house for his daughters and looking after his grand-daughter, while nursing a seething anger about his wife's death in a road accident and whether or not she was having an affair.
Review:
Extremely slow-burn Scandinavian psycho-drama, with reams of footage expended on long-held but irrelevant shots as we wait for the main character to crack. When the denouement comes it is fudged and we are left with a not-quite cathartic graduated push-in which, like the rest of the film, is technically astute but coldly detached.
(Hvítur, hvítur dagur)
Country: ICE/DK/SV
Technical: col/2.35:1 109m
Director: Hlynur Pálmason
Cast: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir
Synopsis:
A widower spends his time converting a house for his daughters and looking after his grand-daughter, while nursing a seething anger about his wife's death in a road accident and whether or not she was having an affair.
Review:
Extremely slow-burn Scandinavian psycho-drama, with reams of footage expended on long-held but irrelevant shots as we wait for the main character to crack. When the denouement comes it is fudged and we are left with a not-quite cathartic graduated push-in which, like the rest of the film, is technically astute but coldly detached.
(Hvítur, hvítur dagur)
Country: ICE/DK/SV
Technical: col/2.35:1 109m
Director: Hlynur Pálmason
Cast: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir
Synopsis:
A widower spends his time converting a house for his daughters and looking after his grand-daughter, while nursing a seething anger about his wife's death in a road accident and whether or not she was having an affair.
Review:
Extremely slow-burn Scandinavian psycho-drama, with reams of footage expended on long-held but irrelevant shots as we wait for the main character to crack. When the denouement comes it is fudged and we are left with a not-quite cathartic graduated push-in which, like the rest of the film, is technically astute but coldly detached.