A handful of idealistic twenty-somethings discover love and trust isn’t always enough in this period drama from writer and director Gudny Halldorsdottir. It’s the early Seventies, and law student Selma wants to do more than simply defend people in court; she’s eager to make a difference in the lives of others, and when her boyfriend Bloffi joins the staff of Vedramot, a home for delinquent teenagers with emotional issues, she leaves school to work beside him. Selma, Bloffi and their friends believe that an open environment where the young inmates have the opportunity to discuss their feelings and the circumstances that led them into a life of crime will do more good than traditional disciplinary techniques. However, not all the youngsters at Vedramot respond to this laid-back approach, and Disa, a product of a severely abusive home, openly encourages the other teens to flout the few rules they’re asked to follow. In time, conflicts between the staff and the students escalate into violence, leading to tragedy and bloodshed. Vedramot (aka The Quiet Storm) was inspired in part by Halldorsdottir’s own experiences working at a home for underage offenders in the Seventies.

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Language(s):Icelandic
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Three tales of three people who have a lasting effect on one another. A young writer whose career is skyrocketing finds himself in a stormy marriage. He divorces his wife after the death of their daughter, shuts himself from the outside world and drinks himself to death over a twenty-year period.

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Language(s):Icelandic
Subtitles:English

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From cinemaperspective.com
When filmmakers possess a signature style that can be identified across their body of work, they are sometimes referred to as an auteur of cinema. It’s a term that might get banded around too frequently, but one that is often used when discussing Icelandic visionary Baltasar Kormákur. His latest feature is crime thriller The Oath, a personal project which he amazingly produces, directs, co-writes and stars in. The story follows family man heart surgeon Finnur (Kormákur) who tries to rescue his daughter Anna (Hera Hilmar) from her thuggish boyfriend Óttar (Gísli Örn Garðarsson) when she becomes entangled in his dangerous, criminal lifestyle.

The wavering moral compass of the protagonist serves as a guide to the narrative as he resorts to desperate measures which sees his life spiral out of control. Everyday sequences are consistently implemented where we see Finnur swimming and cycling to keep fit in his spare time as well as performing surgery in his professional position. This helps to create contrast between his respectable persona and his increasingly questionable decision-making, conjuring up Walter White-esque parallels as his intelligence informs his drastic actions.

As well as showing off his writing and directing skills, Kormákur impresses with a tremendous central performance that can transform from nuanced to volatile in an instant. The turning cogs of his plotting and panicking can be witnessed through facial expressions alone, and as well as his fascinating personal character arc, he also enjoys a tender father-and-daughter dynamic with Anna, who is portrayed with an authentic combination of teenage rebellion and vulnerability by Hilmar. Well suited to the chilly backdrop it unfolds against, The Oath is carefully crafted and smartly executed by Baltasar Kormákur, who displays his palpable technical know-how in a film that has a father’s warmth somewhere deep down in its icy cold heart.

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Language(s):Icelandic
Subtitles:English

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