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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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Critics Consensus

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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Thelma Adams AARP Movies for Grownups 14h
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 Clint Worthington RogerEbert.com 15h
3.5/4
It plays out with remarkable intuition and sensitivity about its troubled characters, ones who try to love and reckon with hard feelings when those endeavors don’t work out, and you have to sift through the rubble to find meaning Go to Full Review Peter Travers The Travers Take 15h
3.5/4
I kept smiling watching this fractured family drama. A bizarre reaction for an Icelandic movie about the end of a marriage. But it’s the high spirits that stay with you in Hlynur Pálmason's charmer about the intangibles of love. Go to Full Review Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue 9h
The melancholic screenplay is heavily fragmented, yet there’s a tenderness and intimacy to the storytelling that deepens its emotional impact. Go to Full Review Michael Nordine Movie Brief 1d
3/4
You can feel the family’s collective memories forming in real time. Go to Full Review Louis Roberts Loud and Clear Reviews 1d
4.5/5
The Love That Remains is a lesson in measured filmmaking – idiosyncratic but not insufferably kooky, sincere but not saccharine. We’ve certainly never seen a divorce drama quite like it before. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Hlynur Pálmason

Director

Saga Garðarsdóttir

Actor

Sverrir Gudnason

Actor

Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir

Actor

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
Runtime
1h 49m