The Promise of Iceland

In 1990, at the age of seventeen, Kári Gíslason travelled to Iceland, the land of his birth, and arranged to meet his father.- What he found was not what he expected.Born from a secret liaison between a British mother and an Icelandic father, Kári moved regularly between Iceland, England and Australia.- He grew up aware of who his father was, but understood his mother had promised never to reveal his fathers identity.- It was a promise his father was to also elicit from him when they met.A decade later, Kári made the decision to break the promise and he contacted his half-siblings, who knew nothing of his existence.- What led him there and what followed makes for a heartfelt and riveting journey over landscapes, time and memory, searching for a sense of belonging. Their love meant it would always be just me and my mother, a lone parent with a lone child. . .supported by the promise made to Gísli, and the promise of Iceland that it offered.