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Everlasting Moments

Original title: Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 11m
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Everlasting Moments (2008)
Sweden, early 1900s. 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.
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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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Jan Troell
  • Writers
    • Niklas Rådström
    • Jan Troell
    • Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell
  • Stars
    • Maria Heiskanen
    • Mikael Persbrandt
    • Jesper Christensen
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    5.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jan Troell
    • Writers
      • Niklas Rådström
      • Jan Troell
      • Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell
    • Stars
      • Maria Heiskanen
      • Mikael Persbrandt
      • Jesper Christensen
    • 32User reviews
    • 92Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 16 nominations

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    Jesper Christensen and Maria Heiskanen in Everlasting Moments (2008)
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    Maria Heiskanen in Everlasting Moments (2008)
    Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, and Jan Troell in Everlasting Moments (2008)
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    Maria Heiskanen
    Maria Heiskanen
    • Maria Larsson
    Mikael Persbrandt
    Mikael Persbrandt
    • Sigfrid Larsson
    Jesper Christensen
    Jesper Christensen
    • Sebastian Pedersen
    Callin Öhrvall
    Callin Öhrvall
    • Maja Larsson (age 15-22)
    Nellie Almgren
    • Maja Larsson (age 8-10)
    Birte Heribertson
    • Maja Larsson (narration)
    • (as Birte Heribertsson)
    • …
    Ghita Nørby
    Ghita Nørby
    • Miss Fagerdal
    Amanda Ooms
    Amanda Ooms
    • Matilda
    Emil Jensen
    • Englund
    Claire Wikholm
    Claire Wikholm
    • Grandmother Karna
    Ann Petrén
    Ann Petrén
    • Ida
    Antti Reini
    Antti Reini
    • Finnish Sea Captain
    Annika Lundgren
    • Miss Öst
    Maria Lundqvist
    Maria Lundqvist
    • Miss Petrén
    Hans Henrik Clemensen
    • Mr. Fagerdal
    Yohanna Troell
    Yohanna Troell
    • Margareta
    Rune Bergman
    • Maria's Father
    Hans Alfredson
    Hans Alfredson
    • Prison Guard
    • Director
      • Jan Troell
    • Writers
      • Niklas Rådström
      • Jan Troell
      • Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell
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    • Trivia
      Sweden's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009).
    • Connections
      Featured in Golden Globe Awards (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Snö
      from The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924)

      Composed by Matti Bye

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    8/10
    it's PIFF PUFF POOF, and if life is beautiful, so is this moving film
    Everlasting Moments (2008)

    This is a vivid, unsentimental, yet tender and loving portrayal of a Swedish seaside family in the early 20th Century. The brute is the father of the family, and yet he is fun and sometimes loving. The heroine is the mother, who suffers greatly, but who also can never quite break free of her husband. The children grow up and prosper, modestly, anyway, over the 15 years of the movie. And we come to see that this is pretty much the most common story of a working class family from that period, anywhere.

    And there is a small extra interest, because the mother discovers a camera among the family things, and is persuaded to learn how to use it. The scenes, interspersed over the years, where she takes pictures and develops them in a makeshift darkroom are beautiful, and yet they are not (thankfully) overblown into something momentous and artistically profound.

    My field happens to be the History of Photography, which I teach at a couple colleges here in Albany, and I have to say, they nailed the historical accuracy very well. I can't say for sure about when that camera was made, but it seems about right. More importantly, I can say that the style of the photographs is really typical for a talented, serious, dabbling amateur such as our leading woman. The size, the clarity, her care in holding it (even turning it horizontally for a key photograph), and the procedure in general is quite exactly how I would have advised a moviemaker to go about it. This helps not only people in the know (there aren't so many of us, I realize) but in general an historical validity in the bones of the movie.

    As elegant as the movie is filmed (almost to excess, in a few scenes--the cinematography outclassed by the simple, gorgeous use of light throughout), it comes across as hard and true. The film is beautiful, but life is beautiful. It's not easy, it involves losing some battles, it involves giving up some dignity, but if you stay the course, as these people do in ways most contemporary families would not, there is some other kind of reward.
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    • Release date
      • September 24, 2008 (Sweden)
    • Countries of origin
      • Sweden
      • Denmark
      • Norway
      • Finland
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • Swedish
      • Finnish
    • Also known as
      • Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moment
    • Filming locations
      • Luleå, Norrbottens län, Sweden
    • Production companies
      • Blind Spot Pictures Oy
      • Filmpool Nord
      • Final Cut Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €4,773,906 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $610,825
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $40,443
      • Mar 8, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,383,108
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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