A black comedy set in 1979, about a soldier mistakenly posted to an Arctic military base.
Direction
Metzstein turns bureaucratic purgatory into visual poetry.
Acting
Biggs proves he's more than pie guy — deadpan perfection.
Director
Saul Metzstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed in Iceland standing in for Greenland, which somehow made the desolation feel more authentic than any soundstage could.
The 'X' designation deliberately echoes Malcolm X — both figures stripped of birth names by systems that refuse to see them fully human.
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