Hlynur Pálmason Finds ‘Beauty in the Mundane’ in ‘The Love That Remains’ and Calls for Change in Icelandic Film Industry

Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason returns to Cannes with his fourth feature, “The Love That Remains.” Following his Oscar-shortlisted “Godland,” many expected Pálmason to go bigger. Instead, he went personal. 

“People tend to think you always need to go ‘bigger,’ but I’m not stimulated by that. It would make sense to maybe work in English; there are only 350,000 people in Iceland, which makes this language almost extinct. But I wanted to dive into the moment,” he explains. 

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