Everlasting Moments (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
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- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 11 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 29, 2010
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jesper Christensen & Maria Heiskanen | |
Performer: | Amanda Ooms & Ghita Nørby | |
Directed by | Jan Troell | |
Screenwriting by | Niklas Radstrom, Jan Troell & Agneta Ulfsater Troell | |
Composition by | Matti Bye | |
Story by | Agneta Ulfsater Troell | |
Produced by | Thomas Stenderup | |
Director of Photography: | Jan Troell & Mischa Gavrjusjoy |
Entertainment Reviews:
For the first time, the lo-fi purity of Swanberg's style is a conduit to something that transcends youth....An exploration of how the spaces between people can separate them or join them, often at the same moment. -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 3/5 --
Jan Troell's ode to art therapy is the kind of old fashioned tale that we don't much see anymore.
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sbs.com.au
Maria's interactions with film remind us of the most basic echelons of the filmic miracle-the miracles of reflection, projection, of light and seeing-and invite us into the excitement they hold.
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MUBI
Rating: 3/4 --
What makes the photographer's story so compelling is that her life's work actually does come alive onscreen.
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Globe and Mail
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Excellent performances, canny cinematography and Troell's steady direction make Everlasting Moments worth experiencing.
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The Oklahoman
[T]his movie unspools at a leisurely, episodic pace, dwelling on the details of domestic life with a care that is both naturalistic and nostalgic.
New York Times
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Veteran Swedish director Jan Troell loads the chronicle of a poor family in troubled times, 1907 through the late 1920s, with a powerful subtext about class, faith, artistic fulfillment and the mysteries of love.
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Toronto Star
Product Description:
In this breathtaking film from renowned Swedish director Jan Troell, a woman experiences an artistic awakening after being introduced to photography. Based on real-life events, the story opens at the start of the 20th century and centers around Finnish housewife Maria Larrson (Maria Heiskanen). Maria spends her days struggling to care for her large brood of children and trying to manage her abusive, alcoholic husband, Sigge (Mikael Persbrandt). Sigge is a dockworker, and when he isn’t dabbling in Socialist politics, he’s parading around town with various women, then returning home in a drunken stupor to beat Maria and the children. Maria suffers many harsh indignities, but her world is changed forever the day she tries to pawn an old camera she won in a lottery. The owner of the camera shop is a kindly gentleman named Sebastian (Jesper Christensen), and instead of buying the camera, he insists Maria try it first. Maria takes his advice, and the effect is instantaneous: she is hooked on the power of the pictures. She begins to take portraits of the townspeople and the harsh world around her, and her newfound talent suddenly infuses her with confidence and awakens an inner passion. Sigge rails against this bold new change in her and becomes more abusive, threatening to kill her and destroy her camera. But Maria defies him and continues to take pictures, eventually developing an intimate friendship with Sebastian.
Troell does a magnificent job re-creating the time period, and while many of the film’s images are rather harsh and painful to take in, they are also fascinating and beautiful in their realism. Persbrandt delivers an excellent performance, and Heiskanen is phenomenal as the unstoppable Maria. Despite the bleak world the characters inhabit, the film is ultimately a moving affirmation of life’s beauty and the strength of the human spirit.
Troell does a magnificent job re-creating the time period, and while many of the film’s images are rather harsh and painful to take in, they are also fascinating and beautiful in their realism. Persbrandt delivers an excellent performance, and Heiskanen is phenomenal as the unstoppable Maria. Despite the bleak world the characters inhabit, the film is ultimately a moving affirmation of life’s beauty and the strength of the human spirit.
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