by Cain Noble-Davies
Worth: $17.17
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Cast:
Egill Ólaffson, Palmi Kormakur, Kôki, Yôko Narahashi, Masatoshi Nakamura, Masahiro Motoki
Intro:
Dialogue sparkles
With warmth worth remembering
There are two versions
Of Baltazar Kormákur
Based on the language
In his native tongue
Like with The Deep and The Oath
He can stir the soul
But his English films
Everest, Adrift and Beast
Rarely survive whole
Here he returns home
But also wanders the world
Lost in memories
Elder Kristófer
Played by Egill Ólaffson
Looks for a past love
Widowed and absent
Losing grip of his mental
He looks for some hope
Recent events used
Rare case of COVID era
Feeling so timeless
Winter of the now
Drifting between his moments
Summer of the then
A young Kristófer
Played by Palmi Kormakur
Looking for his place
Living in London
Speaking Icelandic in pubs
Works with Japanese
Dialogue sparkles
With warmth worth remembering
As Kristófer lives
Falls for young Miko
A child of the atom
The cloud looms over
Memory and time
Wind around the characters
As both have to change
Memory can fail
Nostalgia is examined
Why do we recall?
Trauma holds us there
But the cycle can be stopped
If we hold the joy
It can be found here
In quests for rarest closure
Or scribed as haiku
Keep the song alive
Even if we lose the words
Carry in our hearts
