Everlasting Moments

Maria Larssons eviga ogonblick is the title in Swedish – Everlasting Moments in English, and the film is playing at the Varsity Theater.

I read a lot of film reviews Saturday including Roger Ebert’s review of Everlasting Moments and decided that of all the films in Des Moines, it looked the best. He gave it 4 stars; tv4 in Stockholm gave it 4 solar.

In one of the scenes the main character is described as having “the gift of seeing”.  As the moviegoer, you will need the gift of seeing too. Everlasting Moments is

• wonderfully visual
• melancholy
• unrushed
• subtle in color, music, and spirit

This factual story is based on a real character (Maria Larsson) as narrated by her daughter Maja.

The movie is set in southern Sweden about 100 years ago, about the time my father’s family was leaving Sweden. I enjoyed hearing the Swedish spoken, the subtitles seemed good, and the characters seemed very real (rough men, strong women, quiet children). The movie has enough stories to tell that it kept me entertained over its 2 hour 11 minute run. You might like it too.

Watch the trailer on YouTube, and you’ll know if you want to see it.

photo by flickr by dreamsjung