Most films are about loud or exciting people; this is not. This is a study of quiet people in an environment where a stoic disposition is really the only way to get through a tough life in a beautiful but chilling landscape. Not just physically chilling but emotionally as well. It is also a story of redemption as the sins of earlier generations are dealt with, the miss steps of an earlier life are overlaid with a genuinely fulfilling future.
The performances are just great and all the better for being limited to a few shades of grey; the tonal range comes from intensity.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes to think about what they watch and, perhaps, those with a slightly melancholic set.