When the Light Breaks

Only 24 hours are enough to bring a whole life up and down. What happens when a person with whom we had planned our whole life disappears? Grief and tolerance collide in a simple but emotionally sweeping film that opened the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes.

Synopsis

When Reykjavik is paralysed by the biggest transport tragedy in its history, Una is confronted with sudden loss and pain. But, because of a secret she carries with her, Una cannot claim her rightful place in the grief she experiences. She finds herself to be an outsider to the events unfolding around her, even though she is in fact at the center of them.