A young working-class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. Her decision to keep it changes her life. Oscar-winning director Jan Troell has taken a true story set in Malmö at the start of the twentieth century and created a deeply affecting family drama widely viewed as a masterpiece.
“A masterpiece with a towering central performance..There are wonderful moments in this beautiful, tender, truthful film.” The Observer
Jan Troell / Sweden 2008 / 110 min / Swedish with subtitles / cert: 15
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