Everlasting Moments (2008)
Storyline
In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
Directors
Cast
Jesper Christensen, Mikael Persbrandt, Amanda Ooms, Maria Heiskanen, Hans Alfredson, Julia Ragnarsson, Emil Jensen, Callin Öhrvall, Nellie Almgren, Birte Heribertsson, Ghita Nørby, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Maria Lundqvist, Annika Lundgren, Ann Petrén, Livia Millhagen, Zenna Fiscella, Claire Wikholm, Antti Reini, Johanna Troell, Rune Bergman, Jonathan Mårtensson, Boel Larsson, Maria Kulle, Åsa Söderling, Sanna Persson, Michael Segerström, Rolf Jarl, Ellinor Taflin, Kenneth Milldoff, Richard Ulfsäter, Pierre Lindstedt, Rolf Lydahl, Eddie Axberg, Christian Fex, Linus Nilsson
Trailer
Reviews
90
Variety
Artistically on a plane with or near the vet filmmaker's best work, this period drama about a woman slowly discovering her metier is an artisanal creation par excellence.
90
This exquisite film by the Swedish master Jan Troell is about seeing clearly, and fearlessly. It's also about subdued passion, the birth of an artist and a woman's struggle to live her own life.
80
An affecting film that manages to find glimmers of beauty in the encroaching bleakness, and coaxing richly dimensional performances which, like Maria's photographs, transcend the conventionally black and white.
80
The result is an experience that, even as it feels a bit familiar, is nonetheless engrossing and satisfying.
75
There's something old-fashioned about Everlasting Moments. Although the shots are beautifully composed, they are classically represented. Both the filmmaking methods and the storytelling are uncomplicated.
