Past Film/Video | Contemporary Screen

A White, White Day

(Hvítur, hvítur dagur, Hlynur Pálmason, 2019)

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a grieving man (Ingvar Sigurðsson) carries his daughter on his waist in front of tunnel entrance

Stream this gripping new thriller from Iceland featuring an Oscar-worthy turn by Ingvar Sigurðsson (Trapped). Part of your virtual ticket supports the Wex!

A White, White Day follows a small-town cop (Sigurðsson) on bereavement leave whose life is beginning to fracture after the sudden death of his wife. The grieving cop begins to blame a neighbor whom he suspects had an affair with her and, caught in a spiral of loss and anger, lets his obsession for vengeance endanger the family he's left. As the New York Times noted, Pálmason "conveys [this] obsession with affinity but also detachment….The result is an emotionally wringing film, equally effective in the narrative and tone-poem departments."

"The Oscars should have made room for the intense and elemental A White, White Day."
Mike D'Angelo

One of Iceland's greatest actors and widely known for his role in the Icelandic television series Trapped, Sigurðsson received a special award during Cannes' Critics' Week for his performance here. (109 mins., digital video)

a grieving man (Ingvar Sigurðsson) carries his daughter on his waist in front of tunnel entrance

A White White Day, image courtesy of Film Movement.

a grieving man (Ingvar Sigurðsson) carries his daughter on his waist along a foggy road

A White White Day, image courtesy of Film Movement.

a young girl in back seat of car screaming with eyes closed and tears flowing

A White White Day, image courtesy of Film Movement.

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A White, White Day