Cast
Masatoshi Nagase 
Lili Taylor Fisher Stevens Gísli Halldórsson Laura Hughes 
Seijun Suzuki
Credits
Written by: 
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Plot
A Japanese salaryman travels to remote Iceland in winter to perform a memorial ceremony for his parents who died there, and faces strange locals and a harsh landscape.
Sinekatalog’s take
A deadpan, charming road comedy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (1,993 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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