An older couple, Sigga and Runni, reveal funeral photos of their long-dead son who died tragically young. After thirty years, the photos still elicit painful differences between a grieving mother and her stoic husband; RĂșna a housewife living in the harsh and isolated west fjords keeps funeral photos of a terrible family tragedy. For RĂșna, they mark a profound event which forever changed her and which belong side by side with photos of weddings, confirmations and baptisms; Erlendur and his stepdaughter Ălfhildur, after nursing his wife through a long battle with cancer, use photography to record her on her deathbed, in peace at last. And SigrĂșn, morbidly fascinated with funerals and wakes, compulsively videotapes acquaintances' family funerals as a bulwark against her own fear of death. When she experiences death first hand however, her attitudes change.
Writers
Hrafnhildur GunnarsdĂłttir, SigurjĂłn Baldur Hafsteinsson
Country
Iceland