Crosses are found carved into her back, which is assumed to be the result of domestic abuse, but when the dead woman's husband insists he never touched her, policewoman Dagny links the death to the mysterious disappearance of a young boy, Bernódus, who vanished decades earlier.
She explains that the classmates were known for bullying Bernódus, who had crosses carved on his back from his ultra-religious, abusive father (who blamed him for the death of his wife in childbirth).
She begins to experience paranormal incidents around the area, including seeing Bernódus's ghost near the creek along with the missing headstone and hearing strange sounds in the house, which cause her to fall down the stairs and sprain her foot.
The seventh bully of Bernódus is found dead after an apparent suicide attempt, and Freyr finds dozens of newspaper clippings about Benni's disappearance in one of his rooms.
Bernódus disembarked at the abandoned hamlet, which held the grave of his late mother, whose headstone Katrin discovered; alone, he wandered around the empty house before perishing in the cellar.
[1] Cath Clarke from The Guardian gave the film three out of five stars and wrote: "Maybe it’s a matter of personal taste, but for me, the spectre of a supernatural explanation felt like a plot cop-out.
"[2] Frank Scheck from The Hollywood Reporter said: "I Remember You certainly traffics in clichés, such as its central character of an emotionally tortured investigator dealing with tragic events in his past.
But the horror elements are relatively fresh to the genre, with director Axelsson teasing them out in intriguingly subtle fashion until the ending in which the various plot strands are satisfyingly tied together.
"[3] Noel Murray from Los Angeles Times wrote: "But while the horror elements certainly could have been more horrifying, "I Remember You" does have a strong sense of place and character.
"[4] Andy Webster from The New York Times, stated: "The Icelandic director Oskar Thor Axelsson is clearly fluent in horror conventions.