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Releasing on Jan 30, 2026
- 2026
- Janus Films
- 1 h 49 m
- 2026
- Janus Films
- 1 h 49 m
Summary Captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through intimate vignettes and strange occurrences, the film explores the complexities of family, love, and the impact of shared memories.
Directed By: Hlynur Pálmason
Written By: Hlynur Pálmason
- 2026
- Janus Films
- 1 h 49 m
- 2026
- Janus Films
- 1 h 49 m
The Love That Remains
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Summary Captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through intimate vignettes and strange occurrences, the film explores the complexities of family, love, and the impact of shared memories.
Directed By: Hlynur Pálmason
Written By: Hlynur Pálmason
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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90% Positive
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10% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
70
90% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
10% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Oct 29, 2025
The screenplay is overflowing with memorable meditations, blunt-but-heartfelt exchanges, and piercing affection for its people, all rooted in the natural world around them.
Oct 29, 2025
Wise and lyrical and strange, The Love That Remains thrives on its profound understanding of each family’s individual oddness, and the incremental confusion with which growing children regard their parents, as their elders grow smaller and more flawed by the day.
Oct 29, 2025
As the title suggests, this isn’t a film focused simply on the ruins of a relationship so much as one with an eye on what’s worth keeping.
Oct 29, 2025
There’s an undertow of melancholy certainly, but also a light, buoyant quality to a film that cherishes its moments of humour and absurdity.
Oct 29, 2025
There’s much to admire in Pálmason’s unconventional approach to what could have been familiar domestic drama. But the dreamlike detours threaten to overwhelm the tender portrait of a family breakup.
Oct 1, 2025
Hlynur Pálmason, who has a background in visual art, explores the film’s family dynamics through a vignette-like structure that sometimes feels akin to walking through an art exhibition.
Oct 29, 2025
The effect is tender, sympathetic, diverting and often very elegant and indirect. But it withholds from us the full, real pain of damaged love.
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Awards
Festival del Cinema Europeo
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Ghent International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
