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The One Who Got Away is a romantic notion that’s been widely propagated by pop culture cinema. And for good reason, as heartfelt drama and compelling conflicts arise authentically from these confrontations with fate. Director-co-writer Baltasar Kormákur ’s “ Touch ,” based on Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson’s novel of the same name, expands on this swoon-worthy idea, elegantly crafting an achingly poignant story centered on an elderly man searching for his true love amidst a time of uncertainty.

This gentle, unfussy romance contains a heart-clutching finale that’s as classically restrained as it is emotionally resounding. Kristofer ( Egill Ólafsson ) lives a lonely life on the chilly seaside of Iceland since the death of his wife years prior. His days consist of singing in a men’s choir, chatting on the phone with his overbearing daughter Sonja (Harpa Elísa Þórsdóttir), owning a restaurant in his sleepy village and returning to the sad, silent sanctity of an empty home.



Worried about slight memory problems he’s been experiencing, he visits his doctor only to learn he’s in the early stages of Alzheimer’s and must get his affairs in order before it’s too late. This becomes the catalyst for a journey of a lifetime. The lone action item on Kristofer’s to-do list is finding out what happened to Miko (Kôki), his first true love, who abandoned him half a century ago when he (played in his younger years by Kormákur’s son, Pálmi) was living in L.

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