What It's About:

In the 1920s, aspiring poet-writer Henrik (Einsvold) leaves his girlfriend Gertrude (Camilla Martens) in Norway and ventures to eastern Greenland, where he joins two men - mild-mannered scientist Holm (Sundquist) and cynical, brutish foreman Randbaek (Skarsgard) - on a fur-trapping expedition he hopes will stoke a book idea. Very quickly, the icy wilderness becomes the perilous backdrop for a war of wills and nerve between Henrik and Randbaek.

Why I Love It:

How many existential adventure thrillers have you seen? Set in Greenland? Moland's suspenseful picture is unusual in many ways, but its psychological twists and survivalist theme take on a harrowing aspect in the dark struggle between Henrik and his tormentor, played with malicious vigor by Skarsgard, who despises and mocks the newcomer's writerly airs and affection for Gertrude. A perfect combination of man-against-the-elements tension and interpersonal warfare, "Zero Kelvin" is a suspenseful allegory about the tension between man's primitive and civilized nature. Highly recommended!