Everlasting Moments (2008)

Original title

Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick

Directed by

Jan Troell

Genre

drama film, biographical film, historical film

Country

Sweden, Finland, Germany, Denmark

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

15

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 79 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In early 1900s Sweden, a working class woman named Maria Larsson wins a camera in a lottery. She discovers a talent for photography, which gives her a new sense of purpose and escape from her difficult home life.

quietly emotionalslow-burnmelancholicvisually nostalgicbittersweetintimatedeliberategrounded

What happens

Everlasting Moments (Swedish: Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick, lit. 'Maria Larsson's Eternal Moment') is a 2008 Swedish drama film directed by Jan Troell, starring Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt and Jesper Christensen. It is based on the true story of Maria Larsson, a Swedish working class woman in the early 20th century, who wins a camera in a lottery and goes on to become a photographer. It has been compared to Troell's previous films Here's Your Life and As White as in Snow, which are both set around the same period. The film won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Golden Globe Awards. It also made the January shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards, but it was not selected as one of the final nominees. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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