Touch (2024 film)

Touch (Icelandic: Snerting) is a 2024 romantic drama film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, written by Kormákur and Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson,[1] and produced by Kormákur, Agnes Johansen, and Mike Goodridge.[2][3] The film is based on Ólafsson's 2022 novel of the same name.[4] It stars Egill Ólafsson, Kōki, and Palmi Kormakur.

Touch
Teaser poster
Directed byBaltasar Kormákur
Screenplay by
Based onTouch
by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson
Produced by
  • Baltasar Kormákur
  • Agnes Johansen
  • Mike Goodridge
Starring
CinematographyBergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Edited bySigurður Eyþórsson
Music byHögni Egilsson
Production
companies
RVK Studios
Good Chaos
Distributed byFocus Features (United States)
Universal Pictures (International)
Release dates
  • May 29, 2024 (2024-05-29) (Iceland)
  • July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12) (United States)
Countries
  • Iceland
  • United States
Languages
  • Icelandic
  • Japanese
  • English

Touch was first released in Icelandic on May 29, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 12, 2024.[5]

Premise

A widower tries to find his first love 50 years after she disappeared.

Cast

Production

Touch was produced by RVK Studios.[6] Principal photography began on October 9, 2022, in London.[7] In a December 2022 interview, Baltasar Kormákur planned to shoot the film in Iceland and Japan.[8]

Release

Touch was first released in Icelandic on May 29, 2024, and is scheduled to have a limited theatrical release on July 12, 2024.

References
  1. Tartaglione, Nancy (6 October 2022). "Focus Boards Baltasar Kormákur's Romantic Drama 'Touch', Based On Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson's Icelandic Bestseller". deadline.com. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. D'Alessandro, Anthony (14 December 2023). "Baltasar Kormákur's Romantic Drama 'Touch' Gets Summer Release From Focus Features". deadline.com. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. "Touch". focusfeatures.com. Focus Features. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  4. Fuster, Jeremy (6 October 2022). "Baltasar Kormakur's Pandemic Thriller 'Touch' Begins Shooting in London". thewrap.com. TheWrap. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  5. "Focus Features Sets July 12, 2024 Release Date for Baltasar Kormákur's Romantic Drama Touch". focusfeatures.com. Focus Features. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  6. Keslassy, Elsa; Hopewell, John (7 February 2021). "'Everest' Director Baltasar Kormakur Teams With Olaf Olafsson on Pandemic-Set Love Story 'Touching'". variety.com. Variety. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  7. "Principal Photography Set to Commence on Focus Features' Romantic Drama Touch from Baltasar Kormákur". focusfeatures.com. Focus Features. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  8. Christensen, Tina. "Baltasar Komakur's big vision". icelandair.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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