The brilliance of Ingolfsdottir's debut is how she volleys between these two partners- particularly in their shared therapy sessions- to show that not only does Maria need help, there's also plenty of blame to be shared.
In the film's best scenes, the director trusts her actress to deliver big emotional swings, allowing the camera and light to travel across her face- particularly in one scene where Maria recounts one of the couple's big fights, slowed to take notice of each perceptible emotion entering the fray.
Guran as Maria is wholly on another level, giving life to such a broken, stoic, and initially unlikable person.
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