9 岁小女孩索尔被送到遥远的农村亲戚家里度过一个夏天。那儿自然似乎永无止境，动物们充满感情，人们却十分苛刻，除了神秘的农场工人乔恩，索尔很快卷入了一场她难以控制的冲突当中。就在这个夏天，索尔窥探了纷乱不堪的成人世界及人性的狂野。

When a new neighbour arrives at Rannveig´s doorstep, her frustrated everyday life suddenly changes. The cloud of hopelessness that surrounds her marriage and her relationship with her almost adult daughter lifts temporarily but soon the family is forced to confront new and unknown challenges in their relationship.

一个年轻家庭在冰岛乡村的一年生活。我们跟随他们经历分离过程中的挣扎与胜利。这是一个关于记忆与遗留爱意的故事。

2009年度冰岛本土最卖座影片。影片讲述的是一个长达50年时间关于救赎的故事，受过高等教育的主人公无所不知，然而却在他从监狱里刑满释放出来以后依旧生活在过去的阴影中，成为自己心中的阶下囚。

What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. A catastrophe that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.