White white day

Movie
German title	White, white day
Original title	Hvítur, hvítur dagur
Country of production	Iceland , Sweden , Denmark
original language	Icelandic
Publishing year	2019
length	104 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Hlynur Pálmason
script	Hlynur Pálmason
production	Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson , Anton Máni Svansson
music	Edmund Finnis
camera	Maria von Hausswolff
cut	Julius Krebs Damsbo
occupation
Ingvar Sigurdsson : Ingimundur Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir : Salka Hilmir Snær Guðnason : Olgeir Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir : Ingimundur's wife Björn Ingi Hilmarsson : Trausti Elma Stefania Agustsdottir : Elín Haraldur Stefansson : Stefán Laufey Elíasdóttir : Ingibjörg Sigurður Sigurjónsson : Bjössi Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson : Hrafn Þór Hrafnsson Tulinius : Georg Sverrir Þór Sverrisson : Sveppi

White, white day (original title Hvítur, hvítur dagur ; int. Title: A White, White Day ) is an Icelandic film by the director Hlynur Pálmason . The premiere was on May 16, 2019 as part of the 2019 Cannes International Film Festival in the Semaine de la critique section . It was screened at other film festivals, and the cinema release followed on September 6, 2019 in Iceland. The German premiere was on October 1, 2019 at the Hamburg Film Festival .

action

In a small town in Iceland , a police superintendent on leave suspects that a local man was having an affair with his wife, who was recently killed in a car accident.

reception

Todd McCarthy expressed in The Hollywood Reporter that Hlynur Pálmason is risking the loss of his audience by taking the disturbing story unexpectedly far, dramatically and stylistically. He won a "creative wrestling match with a potentially uncompromising narrative". On the Swiss platform Cineman , Irene Genhart wrote that, as in his debut Winter Brothers , the director turned out to be “a master of narrative reduction, which puts the most important things between the words and otherwise trusts the images to linger”.

Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur was Iceland's 2020 official entry for an Oscar nomination for Best International Film , but was not shortlisted.

Web links

• White White Day in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Certificate of Release for White White Day . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 197481 / K).
2. ↑ Release info at imdb
3. ↑ Todd McCarthy: 'A White, White Day': Film Review ( English ) In: The Hollywood Reporter . May 17, 2019. Retrieved on October 8, 2019: "Palmason boldly risks audience disenfranchisement by pushing his disturbing story to unexpected lengths dramatically and stylistically, thereby winning a creative wrestling match with a potentially intransigent narrative."
4. ↑ Irene Genhart: In eruptive long-suffering of feelings . In: Cineman . September 30, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.