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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 81/100. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 85% of the 7,033 2010s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man to have had an affair with his wife, who has recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. A story of grief, revenge and unconditional love.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic81/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
127 audience votes
Key crew
- Hlynur PálmasonScreenplay
- Hlynur PálmasonDirector
- Edmund FinnisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ingvar E. SigurðssonIngimundur
- Ída Mekkín HlynsdóttirSalka
- Hilmir Snær GuðnasonOlgeir
- Björn Ingi HilmarssonTrausti
- Elma Stefanía ÁgústsdóttirElín
- Sara Dögg ÁsgeirsdóttirIngimundur's wife
- Haraldur Ari StefánssonStefán
- Sigurður SigurjónssonBjössi
- Arnmundur Ernst BjörnssonHrafn
- Laufey ElíasdóttirIngibjörg
- Thor TuliniusGeorg (as Þór Hrafnsson Tulinius)
- Sverrir Þór SverrissonSveppi
