The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual where his parents died several years back.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
26 audience votes
Key crew
- Fridrik Thor FridrikssonDirector
- Jim StarkScreenplay
- Hilmar Örn HilmarssonOriginal Music Composer
- Fridrik Thor FridrikssonScreenplay
Cast
- Masatoshi NagaseHirata
- Lili TaylorJill
- Fisher StevensJack
- Gísli HalldórssonSiggi
- Seijun SuzukiHirata's Grandfather
- Hiromasa ShimadaSuzuki
- Masayuki SasakiHigashino
- Laura HughesLaura
- Taizô MizumuraHirata's Father
Stills
Themes
road movie