A couple is reunited years after tragedy drove them apart. Their brief but intense meeting will bring simmering pain and resentments to the surface but will be a reminder too of cherished intimacies and the love they once shared.
Acting
Roth and Dyrholm do devastating damage with minimal dialogue.
Direction
Nosbusch stretches silence until it screams.
Cinematography
Bleak coastal beauty that mirrors emotional desolation.

Director
Désirée Nosbusch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nosbusch, better known as a TV presenter in Europe, directed this as her second feature at age 58.
The sparse dialogue was heavily workshopped; Roth reportedly insisted on cutting half his lines to weaponize silence.