

A White, White Day
In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man to have had an affair with his wife, who has recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. A story of grief, revenge and unconditional love.
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical28 Feb 2020
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon Film Festival6 Oct 2019
- Physical15DVD & Blu-ray5 Oct 2020
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival9 Sept 2019
- Theatrical (limited)3 Jul 2020
AustriaAT
- Digital / OTT1221 Feb 2020
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)1825 Jul 2019
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival17 Oct 2019
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical25 Jul 2019
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical155 Dec 2019
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes International Critics' Week16 May 2019
- Theatrical29 Jan 2020
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1220 Feb 2020
GreeceGR
- PremiereAthens Film Festival21 Sept 2019
- TheatricalΚ-156 Jan 2020
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT1631 Oct 2019
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A White, White Day was released on 25 July 2019.
Audience reviews
3- S8/10
SWITCH.
7/22/2020
Short on plot but long on atmospherics, Pálmason's film reveals itself as a deeply considered and profound statement about the slippery nature of masculinity, loneliness, anger and the human capacity for love. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-a-white-white-day-love-loss-and-anger-in-iceland
- P6/10
Peter McGinn
9/2/2021
It seems to me that A White, Whirte Day was trying to be an artsy Indie type film and, if I am right, I think they aimed too low. The way the camera sometimes lingers on a still life scene, the times when it feels like they are using symbolism, such as when we watch a rock rock a great distance down a hill, off a cliff, into the water and down to the ocean floor — all seem to be working too hard at it, screen time wh…
- B6/10
badelf
4/19/2026
This is what happens when Icelandic movie maker, familiar with Kurasawa, has channeled Shakespeare in his dreams - an unbearably long art-house film. Salka (Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir) was great in this.
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