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.
A movie like Everlasting Moments comes along maybe once in a decade.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
9 Apr 2009
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Troell's film meshes scenes of high drama and silent contemplation while the milky, sepia-toned Super16 photography lends the images an exquisite, tactile quality.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
22 May 2009
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Mischa Gavrjusjov keys the camera work to the characters' moods, inky blacks portending a thunderous alcoholic outburst, golden washes signaling the heroine's late blooming.
– Andrea Gronvall,
Chicago Reader,
29 May 2009
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Veteran Swedish director Jan Troell loads the chronicle of a poor family in troubled times, 1907 through the late 1920s, with a powerful subtext about class, faith, artistic fulfillment and the mysteries of love.
– Greg Quill,
Toronto Star,
12 Jun 2009
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What makes the photographer's story so compelling is that her life's work actually does come alive onscreen.