BFI LFF 2024: When the Light Breaks (2024)
★★★★☆
When the Light Breaks is a beautiful, poetic study of young people’s grief by Rúnar Rúnarsson.
Katla Njálsdóttir
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 2: 15 May 2024: When the Light Breaks (2024) (Ljósbrot)
★★★★☆
When the Light Breaks is a beautiful, poetic study of young people’s grief by Rúnar Rúnarsson.
Heartstone (2016)
★★★★☆
A simmering study of youth and sexuality set against jaw-dropping Icelandic landscapes, Heartstone gets kids right, if not necessarily which kids to focus on.