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The Love That Remains

2025 · 109 min

A gentle, observant year with a family, finding quiet humour and ache in the ordinary shifts of seasons and separation.

Directed by
Hlynur Pálmason
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Saga Garðarsdóttir, Sverrir Gudnason, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir
Overview
Anna and Magnús are separating, working out how best to navigate breaking up without confusing their three children. Over the course of one year, life continues, in many ways, as normal, with each change of season occasioning little differences at home and in the surrounding landscape.

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Stream in the UK
  • MUBI
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Directed by
Hlynur Pálmason
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Saga Garðarsdóttir, Sverrir Gudnason, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • grief
  • love
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, comedy
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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