Touch (2024)
7.7
Love lasts across decades and distance in this sweet and gentle romantic drama
Movie
Iceland, United Kingdom
English, Icelandic, Japanese
Drama, Romance
2024
BALTASAR KORMÁKUR
Akshay Khanna, Benedikt Erlingsson, Egill Ólafsson
121 min
TLDR
I miss romance films just like this!
What it's about
Due to his failing memory, an Icelander widower named Kristófer embarks on a journey to find his first love, a Japanese woman named Miko, who disappeared 50 years ago.
The take
With the internet able to connect people from miles away, the concept of the one that got away has become unromantic– after all, with instant messaging, their distance just means that you’ve been ghosted. But for the longest time, romance stemmed from the fated circumstances that kept or lost love, and this is excellently portrayed in Touch, a surprising romantic drama from writer-director Baltasar Kormákur best known for his action thrillers. Kormákur infuses the drama with a delicate touch, much more focused on the moments of connection between immigrants from different cultures, with the freedom of the late 60s that marks Kristófer’s youth versus the urgency of the world’s restrictions and Kristófer’s memory. Touch remembers the real romance of the one that got away.
What stands out
The simple ways through which Kristófer connects with everyone in the restaurant are just lovely.
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