Directed by Jan Troell
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sundance)
Epic story set in early 20th century Scandinavia centered around a devoted wife who picks up photography as a way to escape from her otherwise depressing life. Her husband is an alcoholic brute who attempts to murder her (twice), rapes her, beats the children and has numerous affairs. Her dying father made her promise to stay with him, appealing to her religious convictions, and she does. It occasionally utilizes a trendy shaky cam zoom which almost ruins an otherwise exquisitely photographed film. It can't quite get away from the towering shadow of Ingmar Bergman, but what Scandinavian filmmaker can?
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