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Georgan G A delightful picture about class, social change, family, art & maybe love. The acting is terrific and this Swedish drama keeps you interested. Nothing bad to say about about it, at all. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/01/23 Full Review Audience Member A sensitive, moving portrait of a hard life. Fittingly, and perhaps intentionally considering its subject, the tint and texture of this film evoke a kind of distant nostalgia and sadness that you only get when you look at old photographs Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member A beautifully told story. Love, love, love! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/07/18 Full Review Audience Member Jan Troell, the masterful Swedish filmmaker who writes, photographs, directs, and edits his pictures, completed this exquisite, intimate family saga at the age of 77. The story is based on the life of Maria Larson, the great aunt of Troell's wife, a working-class mother in early 1900s Sweden, who wins a camera in a lottery and develops into a photographer. Narrated by Larson's oldest daughter, Maja, this drama chronicles the hardships and joys for this impoverished Swedish family over the course of ten years. Maria Heiskanen as Maria Larson is willful, resourceful, and delicate. Her husband, a laborer, is a drunkard and brute yet Maria's unwavering love and support for him is portrayed with frankness. A local photographer spots Maria's talent and encourages her in her artistic pursuit. Their relationship has a wistful tenderness that resonates deeply. Troell has a graceful simplicity that shames most contemporary filmmakers. There are lyrical, funny sequences that linger: Maria photographing a young girl in repose with her children's horseplay seen through a glass window; the family playacting after viewing a Charlie Chaplin movie. This is a wonderful evocation of the past without mythologizing or editorializing. Agneta Ulfsater-Troell co-wrote the screenplay with her husband and Nikolas Radstrom. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a movie rooted in excellent performances, subtle visual metaphors and a lovely soundtrack. So worth seeing for all of these reasons. It's also depressing as bleep, so be sure to be prepared to feel like crap after watching it, especially armed with the knowledge that it's based on a true story. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member This is one of the most beautiful Swedish movies I have ever seen like "Saraband". "Not every one could see and hear like few gifted people". This is the story of a lady who happened to discover her true passion and identity by accident which is photography. Photography lovers will cherish this movie. There are lot of other issues are going on this film like capitalism and socialism, domestic abuse, alcohol abuse, illicit romance, prostitution..you name it. Don't miss it. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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