Touch
Touch Movie Details:
| Icelandic title | Snerting |
| Based on | Touch by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson |
| Country | Iceland |
| Language | English, Japanese, Icelandic |
| Genre | Romance, Drama |
| Release Date | July 12, 2024 |
| Running Time | 2hr 1min |
| Age rating | R |
| Cast | Egill Ólafsson Yoko Narahashi Kōki Masahiro Motoki Palmi Kormakur |
| Directed by | Baltasar Kormákur |
| Written by | Baltasar Kormákur Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson |
| Produced by | Baltasar Kormákur Agnes Johansen |
| Cinematography by | Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson |
| Edited by | Sigurður Eyþórsson |
| Music by | Högni Egilsson |
| Production Company | RVK Studios |
| Distributor | Focus Features (United States) Universal Pictures (International) |
| Box office collection | $1,835,044 |
Touch Movie Cast & Characters:
- Egill Ólafsson as Kristófer
- Palmi Kormakur as Young Kristófer
- Yoko Narahashi as Miko
- Kōki as Young Miko
- Masahiro Motoki as Takahashi
- Sigurdur Ingvarsson
- Masatoshi Nakamura as Kutaragi
- Meg Kubota as Hitomi
- María Ellingsen as Ella
- Eiji Mihara as Dr. Kobayashi
- Theódór Júlíusson as Mundi
- Starkadur Petursson as Markús
Storyline:
The film follows one widower’s emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago, before his time runs out.
About Touch Movie:
Touch (Icelandic: Snerting) is a romantic drama film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, written by Kormákur and Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, and produced by Kormákur, Agnes Johansen, and Mike Goodridge. The film is based on Ólafsson’s 2022 novel of the same name. It stars Egill Ólafsson, Kōki, and Palmi Kormakur.
Principal photography began on October 9, 2022, in London. In a December 2022 interview, Baltasar Kormákur planned to shoot the film in Iceland and Japan.
Touch was first released in Iceland on May 29, 2024, and had a limited theatrical release on July 12, 2024.