Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir

Hilmir Snær Guðnason

Björn Ingi Hilmarsson

Elma Stefanía Ágústsdóttir

Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir

Haraldur Ari Stefánsson

Sigurður Sigurjónsson

Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson

Laufey Elíasdóttir

Thor Tulinius

Sverrir Þór Sverrisson

Erik Bjerknes

Julius Krebs Damsbo

Hulda Helgadóttir

Lars Halvorsen

Anton Máni Svansson

Hlynur Pálmason

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

Edmund Finnis

Niklas Skarp

Geir Njarðarson

Emil Morávek

Gustaf Forsberg

Atli Arnarsson

Skúli Helgi Sigurgíslason

Maria von Hausswolff

Nina Grønlund

Siggi Kjartan

Árni Gylfason

Ari Birgir Ágústsson

Björn Viktorsson

Katrine Tersgov

Frosti Fridriksson

DanÍel Imsland

Árni Jónsson

Kristinn Guðmundsson

Janne Kokki

Jesper Rønn Hansen

Elias Branner

Heimir Sverrisson

Sara Yousefi

Helga Joakimsdottir

Ómar Frans Fransson

Suvi Korpela

Palmi Gudmundsson

Henning Szpiro Eriksen

Elfar Sverrisson

Helgi Vigfus Valgeirsson

Paweł Juzwuk

Kristín Traustadóttir

Magnus Sort Eidemak

Drama

Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur

Join Motion Pictures

Snowglobe

Film i Väst

HOBAB

Glassriver

Denmark

Iceland

Sweden

English

Íslenska

A White, White Day

SWITCH.

Short on plot but long on atmospherics, Pálmason's film reveals itself as a deeply considered and profound statement about the slippery nature of masculinity, loneliness, anger and the human capacity for love.
- Jake Watt

Read Jake's full article...
https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-a-white-white-day-love-loss-and-anger-in-iceland

Peter McGinn

It seems to me that A White, Whirte Day was trying to be an artsy Indie type film and, if I am right, I think they aimed too low. The way the camera sometimes lingers on a still life scene, the times when it feels like they are using symbolism, such as when we watch a rock rock a great distance down a hill, off a cliff, into the water and down to the ocean floor — all seem to be working too hard at it, screen time which I believe would be better served focusing on the atmospheric use of the landscape and the fog.

The writing is strong in many places, but inconsistent. The child Salka is my favorite character, stealing scenes as often as not. She isn’t one of those stereotypical adults in a child’s body. She behaves as a child many times, but she is also given some good lines and delivers them well. 

It would have been easier for me to submerge myself in this movie if I had liked the main character, but alas, I never really rooted for him. His best moments were, again, with his granddaughter; other than those scenes I found myself wishing he were shuttled into the background more and other characters brought forward.

The plot crawls to a crescendo at the end. I won’t give away any details, but I found it to be unrealistic and felt that the main character was allowed to get off way too easy for his actions. Though I will say that, unlike many of the Indie films it may be emulating, it does have an ending of sorts, rather than just stopping trhe plot and action in midair.

A White, White Day Live Q&A with Hlynur Pálmason

A White, White Day Q&A with director Hlynur Palmason

International Trailer [Subtitled]

A White, White Day( 2019)

Overview

Top Billed Cast

Social

A review by SWITCH.

Written by SWITCH. on Wed Jul 22 2020

Media

Recommendations

Facts

Status

Original Language

Budget

Revenue

Keywords