Baltasar Kormákur directs Egill Ólafsson, Kōki and Palmi Kormakur in this time jumping drama where an Icelandic restraunter with early on-set of dementia decides to abscond on a plane and track down his first love just as Covid Lockdown begins.

Not my first choice of movie but solidly crafted and subtly acted. Hits the same flavour notes as Past Lives but with a bit more seasoning and marinade replacing blank obtuseness. There are some unpredictable lurches into dark emotional territory in the third act but the ultimate destination is worth the journey. As a cinematic document as to what March 2020 was like for most people this will be the most accurate. City life grinding to a halt, wiping, distance, sanitiser, old fuckers not covering their noses with the masks.

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Perfect Double Bill: An Education (2009)

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