[4] A critic from Cineuropa wrote that "It’s a simple and stripped-back debut feature film which provides a wonderful role for its director, who has, herself, gathered together a cast composed of various nationalities [...] who are perfectly at ease in this Icelandic environment, venerating nature in all its forms".

[2] A critic from Les Echos wrote that despite its easy script and narrative twists that sometimes seem artificial, this fiery first film proves that Dinara Drukarova is not only a talented actress, but also, already, an inspired director.

[5] A critic from Paris Match wrote that the argument is thin but the pleasure is elsewhere, in the description of a small community of fishermen and especially in the beauty of the Icelandic villages and landscapes immortalized in Scope by the Finnish cinematographer Timo Salminen.

[6] A critic from Première rated the film three out of five and wrote that this portrait of a woman never reveals all her secrets, lets the viewer fill in the blanks, stays at a good distance from the intimate wounds and the inability of its heroine to say things.

[7] A critic from Les Inrockuptibles wrote that "we never truly feel this sense of adventure, as cruel and physical as it may be, nor the salt that eats away at the skin, nor the exhausting sleepless nights or the devouring humidity of the heart of the ocean".