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Everlasting Moments

2008 · 131 min

A patient, luminous portrait of a hard life, where small acts of seeing become quiet acts of survival.

Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • art
  • survival
  • trauma
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism9
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Jan Troell
Written by
Niklas Rådström
Starring
Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Emil Jensen, Callin Öhrvall, Nellie Almgren, Birte Heribertson, Ghita Nørby
Cinematography
Jan Troell, Mischa Gavrjusjov
Runtime
131 min
Country
Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden
Languages
Swedish, Finnish, Danish

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