Love in life's twilight -- based on focus, listening, caring, and support. Hand-holding, not lust or sex.
This understated film captures that special form of connection that may be found in one's waning years, set in a most elemental of environments, Iceland.
Its ending embraces magical consonances of the distant past, and it's enigmatic. Another reviewer helpfully points to the cameo appearance of the recently departed Bruno Ganz, in an echo of his comforting presence in 1987's "Wings of Desire."
Director Friðrik Þór Friðriksson also conjures Kurasawa's "Ikiru" (1956), another elegy to end-of-life meaning, when protagonist Thorgeir (Gisli Halldórsson) takes some time to lean back on a swing.
This is one strong statement in favor of creating meaning for oneself.
This understated film captures that special form of connection that may be found in one's waning years, set in a most elemental of environments, Iceland.
Its ending embraces magical consonances of the distant past, and it's enigmatic. Another reviewer helpfully points to the cameo appearance of the recently departed Bruno Ganz, in an echo of his comforting presence in 1987's "Wings of Desire."
Director Friðrik Þór Friðriksson also conjures Kurasawa's "Ikiru" (1956), another elegy to end-of-life meaning, when protagonist Thorgeir (Gisli Halldórsson) takes some time to lean back on a swing.
This is one strong statement in favor of creating meaning for oneself.