Touch Interview: Baltasar & Pálmi Kormákur on Global Romance Movie By ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke to director Baltasar Kormákur and actor Pálmi Kormákur . Based on the novel by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, the film is written and directed by Baltasar. It stars Egill Ólafsson, Kōki, Pálmi, Masahiro Motoki, and Yoko Narahashi.

will release Touch in theaters on Friday, July 12. “A romantic and thrilling story that spans several decades and continents; Touch follows one widower’s emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago, before his time runs out,” says the synopsis. : Well, I thought this is a man’s journey from this small island called Iceland.

That journey, like through being in school in London and getting to know this girl Miko from Japan, you kind of learn about these events and these stories. I just loved how that singular view and how the story opens up as we go through, which becomes the obstacle to the love story. I just love the mystery of that and how that reveal is revealed in the book.

That kept my attention. Then going through culture and different countries, I thought it was a very appealing opportunity to make a film out of this. For me, it was mostly this connection that happens totally at random or mostly at random.

These two people meet each other completely by circumstance, but it takes over the trajectory and the course of their entire lives. I thought was very compelling and touching. Ye.