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From acclaimed Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur comes a sensitively observed, magnificently crafted globe-spanning tale about the complexities of love and the unbreakable bonds that can tether two people through the ages.

After receiving an early-stage dementia diagnosis at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, widower Kristofer leaves behind his Reykjavik home hoping to solve the greatest mystery of his life. As a student in London five decades earlier, Kristofer had fallen in love with Miko, whose father owned the Japanese restaurant where they both worked. But at the height of their whirlwind affair, Miko abruptly vanished. Now, as panic about the virus spreads around the world, Kristofer sets out to find his soulmate, resolving to follow her trail wherever it might lead - even back to Miko’s birthplace of Hiroshima - before his memories of their singular connection are lost forever in time.

Cast: Egill Ólafsson, Palmi Kormákur, Kôki, Yôko Narahashi

Director: Baltasar Kormákur

★★★★ "A sweeping love story spanning 50 years" FLICKERING MYTH

"a film that subtly reminds the audience to slow down, be present, and enjoy what one has, because it can be gone in an instant, while also encouraging hope. It's a beautiful cinematic journey and one not to be missed." COLLIDER

"a bittersweet romantic story that also has poignant observations of the traumatic damages caused by war." CULTURE MIX

"Its sensibility is as exquisitely tender as the flutter of a butterfly wing" ROBEREBERT

"a balanced, absorbing human drama" SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

"an ode to accepting your life story without losing sleep over the things you couldn’t change." INDIEWIRE

"a uniquely powerful, humane film about people rebounding from the rubble of devastating losses, choosing courage and love to overcome grief." VARIETY