No Rest for the Wicked

Baldur (Egor Venned) lives a humble life in a fishing village on the isolated Faroe Islands where the desolate, wild waters are treacherously rocky, surrounding an environment shrouded in fog and secrecy. When the nomadic, charismatic whaler Helge (Pilou Asbæk) becomes stranded on the island's shore, Baldur falls in love with him and decides to join him at sea, much to his mother's dismay. But when tragedy strikes, their forbidden love unleashes a force as uncompromising as the ocean that threatens the way of life on the island.

Based on Karl Heinrich Ulrichs’s short story, No Rest for the Wicked is a tender folk horror that blends a timeless queer romance with classic vampire lore. Drawing inspiration from Gothic romance, familial and religious bonds are tested as the villagers turn on each other in the presence of death. Kasper Kalle's debut feature sits comfortably alongside the work of Robert Eggers in this atmospheric, seductive film that will speak to horror aficionados. Accentuated by the rugged landscape, the film is as chilling and cruel as it is enduringly heartfelt in a tale that asks whether love can transcend death.

– Madison Marshall 
 

Director
Kasper Kalle
Screenplay
Rasmus Birch
Producer
Lars Bredo Rahbek
Cinematography
Jacob Møller
Editors
Mads Michael Olsen, Mark Bukdahl
Music
Hettarher
Production Design
Sabine Hviid
Cast
Egor Venned, Pilou Asbæk, Sofia Nolsøe Mikkelsen, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
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