I guess you are kind of a film nut, if not a film whore, if not also a big whopping nerd, when you come up from downstairs and your wife asks, "What did you watch?," and you reply, "Another Icelandic film." Last night I watched Last night I watched Hylnur Palmason's 2025 film The Love That Remains. Last year I had watched Palmason's Winter Brothers (2017) and Godland (2022), both of which I loved - and both of which, especially the former, were pretty grim. The Love That Remains definitely has a lighter touch, although it has some sobering moments. It tells the story of a couple, Anna (Saga Gardarsdottir) and Magnus (Sverrir Gudnarson), who are splitting up, and how they continue to are devoted to each other and their three kids (played by Palmason's own children). There are moments that are very funny and other that are very sad - and other that are more surreal, including the attack of a giant, revenge-seeking rooster. Palmason fashions some scenes that will definitely stay with me, including the large human-like doll hanging from a pole, overlooking the North Sea, that is shown throughout the entire year, and is essentially a character in its own right (including coming to life, sort of, at the end) and an image of Magnus floating in the ocean at the end (real or metaphor, it's left up to you). You get the sense of loss and anger and frustration, but also of enduring love. Highly recommended, as are Winter Brothers and Godland.
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