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An established director in Sweden, Jan Troell has managed to capture a story on film that is remarkable, poetic, romantic and at times very Swedish.
Personally speaking, a film set over the 1900’s in Sweden might not create an interest.
Yet the capability to encapture an audience in the story is pretty much down to the work of Maria Larsson, the central character.
This is a film that explores history and love without really hammering any points home too loudly. What is remarkable is that the story is unpredictable, subtle and at times rather inspiring.
As technology advances and at times seems to contradict the very essence of fun, ‘Everlasting Moments’, seems to view life in a simple but effective way.
As a film-maker, Jan Troell is as inspiring as Ingmar Bergman in that they obviously have a great love for the process of the magic in illusion. As well as good story-telling.
This might well be a case of time-travelling to the past and viewing life through a camera, where although full of severe problems, Maria Larsson was able to document and show people where they were.
Nostalgia can at times be a very dangerous state of mind for film-makers and Jan Troell seems well aware of this without really becoming self-indulgent.
I guess, if anything ‘Everlasting Moments’ works as well as a piece of Swedish History and demonstrates what a talent Maria Larsson still is.
