Everlasting Moments (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

Swedish master Jan Troell (The Emigrants, the New Land) returns triumphantly with Everlasting Moments, a vivid, heartrending story of a woman liberated through art at the beginning of the twentieth century. Though poor and abused by her alcoholic husband, Maria Larsson (Maria Heiskanen, in a beautifully nuanced portrayal) finds an outlet in photography, which opens up her world for the first time. With a burnished bronze tint that evokes faded photographs, and a broad empathetic palette, Everlasting Moments-based on a true story-is a miraculous tribute to the power of image making.

Starring: Callin Ohrvall, Ghita N rby, Ghita Nørby, Maria Heiskanen, Jesper Christensen, Mikael Persbrandt, Ghita Norby, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Ann Petren, Annika Lundgren, Birte Heribertson, Emil Jensen, Hans Henrik Clemmensen, Johanna Troell, Nellie Almgren, Rune Bergman, Amanda Ooms, Hans Alfredson, Maria Lundqvist, Antti Reini, Claire Wikholm

Director: Christof Groos, Thomas Stenderup, Ute Schneider