Burial Rites: Hannah Kent

In northern Iceland 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to the isolated farm of Jon Jonsson to await execution. Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tóti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes's death looms, the farmer's wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard. Based on a true story.