Kalak opens with a scene that is a contender for one of the most unsettling in the history of cinema. Its strange dreaminess gives way to horror as its events come into sharper focus. 

Set in Greenland, the film’s events take place decades after the horrors that unfolded on a small couch in Denmark. Jan (Emil Johnsen), a nurse with a young family, is trying to escape his past. He finds immense kinship and comfort within the native communities of Greelanders, learning about their food, language and culture. 

It’s not long though, as he buckles under the weight of past trauma, before he begins weaponizing his victimhood in service of his desires.