Psychological drama about an affair between a childless married farmer and his equally unhappily married neighbour, in 1940s Iceland. Book adaptation about love, legacy and regret.
In a remote fjord in Iceland in the 1940s, the unhappily married childless sheep farmer Bjarni has a passionate affair with his neighbour Helga – equally miserable in marriage. While the forbidden love affair puts the relations in the small community on edge, Bjarni faces an important decision. Psychological, romantic drama about love, guilt and the paths that were not chosen. Inspired on Bergsveinn Birgisson’s eponymous novel. With a prominent role for the rugged, uncompromising landscape of Iceland.
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Zik Zak Filmworks
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Rotterdam Films
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