Driving Mum

To honor her final wish of seeing Gullfoss, the iconic Icelandic waterfall, Jón heads out on a cross-country trip with his late mother’s corpse in the backseat (just because she’s dead doesn’t mean she won’t stop nagging him) in this oddball black-and-white comedy from the award-winning director of 2004’s “Kaldaljós.” —M.G.

Shy and socially awkward Jon lives a solitary life with his elderly mother on the most isolated fjord of Iceland. When his mother dies, he fulfills her wish to be buried in the southern village where she was born, personally driving her body to its final destination. Along with his stubborn dog Bresneff and surrounded by the stunning and desolate landscape, Jon begins a profound personal journey inward through family history and lost love—with his mother’s running commentary coming from the backseat. Capturing the beauty of Iceland with timeless black and white cinematography, DRIVING MUM is an imaginative and dryly comic tale of one man’s late-in-life reawakening and letting go of the past. —C.F.