Overview
- The drama centers on artist Anna (Saga Garðarsdóttir), fisherman Magnús (Sverrir Guðnason), and their children as they navigate a separation.
- Pálmason serves as his own cinematographer, capturing Iceland with intimate, postcard-like imagery that recalls a home video.
- The film favors visual metaphors, opening with a house being taken apart and returning to open-water fishing as a motif for change.
- Pálmason’s real-life children play the kids, and the family dog, Panda, is credited as herself and recognized as a Cannes Palm Dog winner.
- A January 29 review commends the grounded, gently observant tone and cites Pálmason as a compelling European directorial voice as the film begins its January 30 rollout.