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2023: The wealthy, powerful Snæberg clan has gathered for a family reunion
2023: The wealthy, powerful Snæberg clan has gathered for a family reunion
The wealthy, powerful Snæberg clan has gathered for a family reunion at a futuristic hotel set amongst the dark lava flows of Iceland’s remote Snæfellsnes peninsula.
Petra Snæberg, a successful interior designer, is anxious about the event, and her troubled teenage daughter, Lea, whose social-media presence has attracted the wrong kind of followers. Ageing carpenter Tryggvi is an outsider, only tolerated because he’s the boyfriend of Petra’s aunt, but he’s struggling to avoid alcohol because he knows what happens when he drinks … Humble hotel employee, Irma, is excited to meet this rich and famous family and observe them at close quarters … perhaps too close…
As the weather deteriorates and the alcohol flows, one of the guests disappears, and it becomes clear that there is a prowler lurking in the dark.
But is the real danger inside … within the family itself?
Iceland
A good example of how location really ramps up the atmosphere and mystery of the plot.
A rich family come to a remote hotel for a celebration. It’s snowing and visibility on the roads is bad. The hotel is glass and so there’s hardly any privacy. There are shadows everywhere.
The atmosphere around the mountains, volcano and town is chilling and very vivid. It feels claustrophobic and the cliffs where the girl dies are breathtakingly beautiful – so the death makes that spot gloomy and chilling.
FYI – everyone drinks here. A lot.
Destination: Iceland, Akranes, Snæfellsnes Author/Guide: Eva Björg Ægisdóttir Departure Time: 2023
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