With a small film industry, Iceland has taken its time to catch on to the Scandinoir trend – though not actually in Scandinavia, it has a similar climate and closely related culture – but it has punched well above its weight when it comes to books in the genre. Cold is based on the hit novel Kuldi (translated into English as The Undesired) by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, and although it has a few shortcomings, it’s a good introduction for those with an appetite for such tales.
The standard advice when adapting a book to film is to strip out the subplots as much as possible. Short stories and novellas tend to be a better fit for a two hour runtime. Here, however, Erlingur Thoroddsen has done a fairly good job of cramming in an expansive and complicated story with very little compromise. This makes it possible for him to address the several.
The standard advice when adapting a book to film is to strip out the subplots as much as possible. Short stories and novellas tend to be a better fit for a two hour runtime. Here, however, Erlingur Thoroddsen has done a fairly good job of cramming in an expansive and complicated story with very little compromise. This makes it possible for him to address the several.
- 4/15/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
LevelK has boarded Icelandic crime drama “Cold,” directed by Erlingur Óttar Thoroddsen and based on the bestselling book “The Undesired” (“Kuldi”) by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir. Still in production, it was recently pitched at Venice Gap-Financing Market.
The story centers on Óðinn, living alone with his daughter Rún. As he investigates decades-old deaths at a juvenile treatment center, he begins to suspect that the sinister secrets are connected to his ex-wife’s mysterious suicide. As well as his daughter’s strange behavior.
“Erlingur is an established, talented director who respects the audiences and finds it fascinating to thrill them,” says LevelK’s CEO Tine Klint.
“We were captured by his take on the book, his style and the entire team behind the production.”
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir and “Woman at War” lead Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir are all set to star.
“On the surface, ‘Cold’ certainly seems like a classic Nordic noir.
The story centers on Óðinn, living alone with his daughter Rún. As he investigates decades-old deaths at a juvenile treatment center, he begins to suspect that the sinister secrets are connected to his ex-wife’s mysterious suicide. As well as his daughter’s strange behavior.
“Erlingur is an established, talented director who respects the audiences and finds it fascinating to thrill them,” says LevelK’s CEO Tine Klint.
“We were captured by his take on the book, his style and the entire team behind the production.”
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir and “Woman at War” lead Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir are all set to star.
“On the surface, ‘Cold’ certainly seems like a classic Nordic noir.
- 9/4/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
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