The immediate future: will they be able to sleep overnight together without Diddis flatmate noticing?
And the long term.
A trip to Japan.
‘When the Light Breaks’Compass Film
A different life with a wider scope than Iceland can provide.
Should we make babies?
Klara (Katla Njalsdottir) is there, a dead ringer for Una and recognized as the officially bereaved.
The friends hug each other.
These people own his past which, given that Diddi now has no future, means they own him.
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Its understandable.
It is an immediately recognizable but unfathomable bond.
Instead, she tells herself she is the real widow and bites her tongue.
These two women give remarkable, sensitive performances; they are perfect foils for each other.
Klara is not, however, any kind of fool.
Runar Runarssonestablished his field of endeavor with his first featureVolcanoin 2011; this is his fourth.
As the title of his new film suggests, his chief raw material here is light.
In a film set largely in institutional interiors, there isnt a dull shot.
There is a sense of living under a great canopy of light, with roofs an insignificant interruption.
Within his self-imposed limitations, however, he draws a portrait of muffled grief that feels true and poignant.
Una feels more than she can say; Klara knows more.
Their silence communicates volumes; their shared pain is so thick you could run your hands through it.
Somehow, they will find their way through silence to accommodate each other.
