Thorvaldur Kristjansson and Hera Hilmar in A Letter From Helga
In a small community at the tip of a remote Icelandic fjord, two farmers who are already married fall in love, turning both their lives upside down. This is the story told in A Letter From Helga, but it’s far more than just a romance, with complex characters and an underlying theme of frustration with the smallness of their world. Thorvaldur Kristjansson stars as the hero, Bjarni, whose passion for the title character is matched by his inability to hold onto her as he struggles with the weight of prior responsibilities. Thorvaldur was thrilled that the film was selected to screen at the Glasgow Film Festival, an happy to meet up for a chat about it whilst the festival was underway. I began by asking him if he was already familiar with the Bergsveinn Birgisson novel on which it...
In a small community at the tip of a remote Icelandic fjord, two farmers who are already married fall in love, turning both their lives upside down. This is the story told in A Letter From Helga, but it’s far more than just a romance, with complex characters and an underlying theme of frustration with the smallness of their world. Thorvaldur Kristjansson stars as the hero, Bjarni, whose passion for the title character is matched by his inability to hold onto her as he struggles with the weight of prior responsibilities. Thorvaldur was thrilled that the film was selected to screen at the Glasgow Film Festival, an happy to meet up for a chat about it whilst the festival was underway. I began by asking him if he was already familiar with the Bergsveinn Birgisson novel on which it...
- 3/26/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
At first glance, the story in A Letter From Helga is a slight thing, simply a platform for much bigger emotions, but dig a little deeper and it’s full of hidden substance.
Adapted from the book by Bergsveinn Birgisson, this is a film as interested in the dynamics of romance as it is in romance itself, and one filled with a longing for a perfect love which its characters, no matter what they may sacrifice, find impossible to achieve. Perhaps it’s not surprising given the small size of their community at the tip of an obscure Icelandic fjord. This is a place where people make do with what they can find, the chances of finding a soulmate being slim.
When we meet them, Helga (Hera Hilmar) and Bjarni (Thorvaludur Kristjansson) have each already made one try at it. Helga hoped to find adventure with her husband Hallgrímur (Björn Thors), but he went.
Adapted from the book by Bergsveinn Birgisson, this is a film as interested in the dynamics of romance as it is in romance itself, and one filled with a longing for a perfect love which its characters, no matter what they may sacrifice, find impossible to achieve. Perhaps it’s not surprising given the small size of their community at the tip of an obscure Icelandic fjord. This is a place where people make do with what they can find, the chances of finding a soulmate being slim.
When we meet them, Helga (Hera Hilmar) and Bjarni (Thorvaludur Kristjansson) have each already made one try at it. Helga hoped to find adventure with her husband Hallgrímur (Björn Thors), but he went.
- 3/17/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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