Bokeh (film)

Bokeh is a 2017 science fiction drama film written and directed by Geoffrey Orthwein and Andrew Sullivan.

It stars Maika Monroe and Matt O'Leary as two American tourists in Iceland who find everyone else on the island has mysteriously vanished.

It premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on March 24, 2017.

They continue having trouble locating other people once they leave: the streets are empty, the stores have no staff, and nobody answers their calls.

As they discuss the possible reasons why the city has become empty, Jenai repeatedly attempts to contact her family in America to no avail.

Riley angers Jenai when he eats perishable food out of the agreed-upon order based on expiration date.

Seeing Jenai's poor mood, Riley attempts to cheer her by bringing her to the abandoned husk of an airplane he found.

Nils tells Jenai about his home life: as a young man, he left his family for lengthy periods to make money as a fisherman.

[1] Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Sheri Linden called the film "admirably stripped-down", though she said it does not always live up to its interesting premise.

She described the title, which references bokeh, a photographic effect in which backgrounds are blurred, as representing the different viewpoints of the main characters.