Heart of Light
Heart of Lighttells the story of a family in Greenland torn apart by conflict between past traditions and the modern world.  The point of departure is a bloody tragedy when Nisi, the older son, suffers a mental collapse and goes on a killing rampage before pointing the gun at himself.  Grief, disgrace and shame invade the world of the involved and his father Rasmus, faced with a growing contempt from his younger son Simon, decides to leave the community.  He heads for the icy inland on a broken dogsled.  He encounters an old hermit who magically takes him into the past. It is a perilous journey between a stark reality and a mystical world in search of an inner compass.The location shooting was carried out under extremely tough conditions with temperatures down to 70 degrees centigrade below zero.  The cast and crew had to stay in a camp near the ice cap and sleep in tents raised on the bare ice.