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The Love That Remains

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Anna, an artist, and Magnús, a fisherman, live with their three children and charismatic sheepdog in the quiet grandeur of the Icelandic countryside. As the fractures in their marriage come to the surface, the couple try to hold onto the afterimages of a life together and make sense of a deep and lingering devotion. Filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason (Godland) brings surprising humor and emotional weight to this gorgeous, intimate, and brilliantly expansive scenes from a marriage, amidst the majestic backdrop of the changing seasons.
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The Love That Remains gently drifts through a melancholic yet quietly humorous portrait of love and separation with its exquisite Icelandic imagery and tender performances buoying a deliberately mild, fragmentary narrative.

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Teresa Xie NPR Feb 10
Pálmason's The Love That Remains doesn't attempt to make a grand thesis on love and family, but successfully captures both its smallness and precious enormity. Go to Full Review Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Feb 9
This is a delicate, confidently imagined fiction made with the eyes of a naturalist, the heart of a believer in family, and a sensibility with room for both the Pythonesque and the Lynchian. Go to Full Review Thelma Adams AARP Movies for Grownups Jan 30
4/5
Well-acted with stunning cinematography, The Love That Remains is both emotionally astute and stubbornly mysterious, a complete original to be experienced rather than consumed. Go to Full Review Sean Burns Spliced Personality 1d
Attuned to the sometimes listless rhythms of everyday life, lingering on household chores and uneventful afternoons to such an extent you might be forgiven for thinking it’s a documentary, if it weren’t so beautifully blocked and shot. Go to Full Review Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews 1d
B+
The family life, even under the stress of the separation, feels genuine and sometimes funny, especially the chatter of the kids talking about their parents’ sex life Go to Full Review Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews 2d
A-
Pálmason pivots from the period missionary expedition of "Godland," to an intimate family drama, the films connected by a main character's artistic pursuits...This is a family that continually ebbs and flows like the ocean which surrounds it. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Hlynur Pálmason

Director

Saga Garðarsdóttir

Actor

Sverrir Gudnason

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Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir

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Þorgils Hlynsson

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Grímur Hlynsson

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Synopsis Anna, an artist, and Magnús, a fisherman, live with their three children and charismatic sheepdog in the quiet grandeur of the Icelandic countryside. As the fractures in their marriage come to the surface, the couple try to hold onto the afterimages of a life together and make sense of a deep and lingering devotion. Filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason (Godland) brings surprising humor and emotional weight to this gorgeous, intimate, and brilliantly expansive scenes from a marriage, amidst the majestic backdrop of the changing seasons.
Director
Hlynur Pálmason
Producer
Katrin Pors, Anton Máni Svansson
Screenwriter
Hlynur Pálmason
Distributor
Janus Films
Production Co
Still Vivid, Snowglobe Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Icelandic
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 30, 2026, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$46.4K
Runtime
1h 49m