"The Love That Remains opens with a simple shot of a construction crane prying the roof off of an empty building by the sea. Anna (Saga Gararsdottir), watches from her car as developers tear apart her art studio, her dog by her side. The shot lingers as the roof slowly tilts and drifts out of the frame while the film's title cards roll."
"Palmason's fourth feature is broadly about the separation between Anna, an artist, and Magnus (Sverrir Gunason), an industrial fisherman in rural Iceland. Palmason doesn't reveal the cause of their rift, and instead places the viewer in its aftermath. Without her studio, Anna begins working outdoors, where much of her practice involves pressing large slabs of iron onto canvas. Anna lives with their three children, played by Palmason's real-life children, and his real-life sheepdog, Panda, while Magnus spends most of his time at sea."
"There's less animosity between the two than there is pity from Anna toward Magnus. She sees their relationship as over, while he sees things as more complicated. Palmason's follow-up to 2022's Godland shares its predecessor's arresting and cinematic visuals, which portray nature as both serene and a force to be reckoned with. Through careful observations of the beautiful and the ugly, Palmason emphasizes the inseparable bond between nature, family, and love all elements of the world that are forever changing and require tending to."
An opening shot shows a construction crane removing a roof from a seaside building as Anna watches from her car with her dog. Anna loses her studio and begins working outdoors, pressing large iron slabs onto canvas as part of her practice. She lives with three children and a sheepdog; Magnus, an industrial fisherman, spends extended periods at sea and makes awkward, transient visits. The separation between them is presented through aftermath rather than explanation. Visual contrasts between domestic vignettes and landscapes portray nature as serene and formidable, tying family and love to constant change and care.
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