#I remember you 2017 tv

The mystery deepens the crosses carved into the walls have also been carved into her flesh, by whom we do not know: it’s something which has apparently been taking place for years given the differing degrees of scarring. She’d clearly died in some distress, having trashed the church’s interior and carved numerous crosses into the walls before hanging herself. We first encounter a doctor, Freyr, apparently a psychiatrist ( Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson) but enrolled to attend a death scene out of sheer necessity, when an elderly woman commits suicide in a remote church. To achieve this – which it does, largely effectively – it relays an extensive story via two seemingly separate narrative arcs.

#I remember you 2017 tv

For this reason alone, it’s welcome to see I Remember You ( Ég man þig) – an Icelandic thriller which unites the noir stylings of popular TV shows like The Killing and The Bridge with something altogether more supernatural, more intangible. Its stunning and evocative landscapes have been used a thousand times in films which simply seek a striking location, but it’s comparatively rare to see Icelandic people, language and stories making their own way to the screen – at least for audiences outside of the country. Being a tiny nation, it’s perhaps unsurprising that Iceland hasn’t yet featured very prominently, in its own right, in cinema.