Feature Films
Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick Die ewigen Augenblicke der Maria Larsson Everlasting Moments
Sweden 2008, 130 Min., English subtitles
Malmö in the year 1909: Maria Larsson, housewife and mother of five, leads a frugal, laborious life. Her husband Sigge is a hard-drinking harbour worker who cheats her where he can. Maria derives her only pleasure from a camera she won in the lottery. Pederson, known as Piff Paff Puff, is the owner of a photo store who discovers Maria's photographic talent. A delicate, platonic romance ensues. When her husband is drafted into the First World War, Maria dares to open a studio for portrait photography. Jan Troell, the master of Swedish narrative cinema, has created another cinematic pearl with “Everlasting Moments”. Minimal filmic means suffice for the “poet with a camera” to achieve a maximum in emotionality and narrative continuity. Troell's film is based on the life story of a relative. And along the way he gives an account of the history of photography and how it helped women in their emancipation.
Director Jan Troell
Screenplay Niklas Rådström, Jan Troell
Cast Maria Heiskanen (Maria Larsson), Mikael Persbrandt (Sigfrid Larsson), Jesper Christensen (Sebastian Pedersen), Callin Öhrvall (Maja Larsson), Emil Jensen (Englund)
Website Swedish Film Institute
The film in the Film Days catalogue [PDF-Download]
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