Monday 16 October
10am; 6:30pm
Director Hlynur Palmason
Drama
Danish (English subtitles)
143 minutes
in the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, mission and morality.
The forbidding climate and attendant desolation immediately get to Lucas, who’s guided to his as-yet-unfinished church by the gruff but curious area man Ragnar (Ingvar Sigurðsson).
Like all the best movies, we can’t tell where this is going. When it arrives, the finale is worthy of all that has come before. Nobody makes movies like this any more – except that some do. – Paul Byrnes, SMH
A knockout. This transfixing drama plays out in unexpected ways, like a stark bulletin from another time. It’s a work of majesty that exerts a powerful hold. – Hollywood Reporter
