A White, White Day
2019• Drama•Thriller •01h44
An off duty police begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his recently dead wife. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones.
Director: Hlynur Palmason
Casting: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Language: Icelandic
Subtitles: English, French (DVD), French (VOD)
Release date: 29/01/2020
2020: Represents Iceland at the Oscar for Best International Film
2020: Best actor award - Premiers Plans Film festival
2019: Best actor award - Cannes Critics' Week
2019: Best movie at the Torino Film Festival
« The art of Palmason is never as sparkling and joyful as when he scrutinizes the sequence of disorders that overturn the stability of a well-established world » - Les Inrockuptibles
« While images haunts the protagonist’s powerful body, the film’s silver texture literally brings landscapes into interiors, vehicles or homes » - Positif
« Hints of adultery and desire of revenge haunt this contemplative drama, exalted by the dark beauty of Icelandic nature » - Télérama
« A White, White Day plunges viewers into the darkness of grief and jealousy, led by Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson's brilliantly layered performance. » - Rotten Tomatoes
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