A White, White Day

Foreign Film Series ~ A White, White Day

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - 6:00pm to 7:45pm
  • Library Hall
An award-winning Nordic thriller from Iceland by director Hlynur Palmason

In a remote Icelandic town, an off-duty police chief (a chilling Ingvar Sigurdsson, who received Cannes’ Critics’ Week award for Best Actor for his performance) begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife, who died in a tragic accident two years earlier. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth takes over his life and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. Combining classic thriller tropes with a distinctly Nordic arthouse sensibility, the second feature from Hlynur Palmason "engages in storytelling that’s both powerful and fresh throughout, marking him as a talent to watch” (The Hollywood Reporter).

Screens in Icelandic with English subtitles

 

Run Time: 

109 min.
...an eerily gripping study of grief — and impotence in its face — with the trappings of a revenge thriller. Critic's Pick!
New York Times