A White, White Day

Selected by the Directors Branch. 

Selected by the Directors Branch. 
 
A police chief in a remote town becomes obsessed with revenge against the man he believes was his late wife’s lover in what writer-director Hlynur Pálmason calls “an emotional detective story,” which was Iceland’s submission for the 2019 International Feature Film Oscar. Ingvar Sigurðsson won a Critics’ Week Rising Star Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his gripping performance, and Pálmason’s offbeat pacing and striking visual style contribute to a demanding and unusually powerful filmgoing experience. 

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Hlynur Pálmason. WITH: Ingvar Sigurðsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir. 2019. 109 min. Iceland/Denmark/Sweden. Color. Scope. Icelandic. DCP. 

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. 

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