Co-written and directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, in new action/drama/thriller, Woman at War, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir is Halla, a woman on a risky mission to prevent the local aluminium industry from disfiguring her beloved country, Iceland.
Unexpectedly, Halla’s situation changes with the arrival in her life of a small orphan girl.
I’m in because this is a better-than-average trailer, and I simply want to know more about Halla and find out how she came to risk everything.
The action/thriller element looks like fun, and I can’t wait to see all the ways she manages to avoid getting caught.
In Under the Tree, a.k.a. Undir Trénu, a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs in Iceland unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.
Directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson; Under the Tree stars Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir and Sigurður Sigurjónsson.
I’m drawn to this one because it reminds me of the highly entertaining, yet far from mature behaviour of full-grown adults in Carnage (2011). May it be as fun and funny as I anticipate.
Written/directed by Geoffrey Orthwein and Andrew Sullivan, drama/sci-fi Bokehis the story of a young couple on a romantic getaway to Iceland. While there, they wake up one morning to find that everyone on earth has disappeared except for the two of them.
As intriguing as the premise is, I must admit that within 30 minutes of watching Bokeh, I was moved to pause proceedings so I could take a moment to decide whether continuing to watch was worth it. What else could I do when I was failing to find the two main characters played by Maika Monroe and Matt O’Leary particularly interesting? They were simply too dull for me to want to spend more time with them.
I’d hoped that the story would have been adequately engaging. You know, something akin to the likes of Z For Zachariah (2015), a film with a vaguely similar plot. However, since that wasn’t the case, and what was happening proved especially disappointing, thanks to one or two moments when my disbelief could not be completely suspended, at approximately 24 minutes in, I aborted. The question of whether I quit too early did come to mind. Yet, I still don’t believe I did.
As for what I actually liked about the one-third of Bokeh that I saw? I love the name Maika, and I’d like to visit Iceland at some point in the future. That’s truly it.
Have you seen/tried to watch Bokeh? If so, please share your experience in the comments below.
Contemplate this: You’re on a romantic getaway to Iceland with your love, and whilst there, you wake up to find that everyone on earth has disappeared, except for the two of you. What next?
Written/directed by Geoffrey Orthwein and Andrew Sullivan, plus starring Maika Monroe, Matt O’Leary and Arnar Jónsson, what Bokeh seems to be offering is a very intriguing sci-fi drama.
I’m drawn to this because somehow, I think I’ll learn something that will help me survive, should such a predicament come to pass in my lifetime. I’m also just very curious and keen to see how different this will be compared to the seemingly similar Z For Zacharaiah (2015).
For everyone wondering, the meaning of ‘bokeh’ is ‘the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens‘. It is not a town in Iceland, as my lousy geography and non-professional photographer status first led me to believe.
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