Troell hyllas i USA inför premiären

Jan Troells Guldbaggevinnare Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick har biopremiär i USA i helgen. Kritikerna är mycket positiva.

Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick eller Everlasting Moments som den heter i USA.

Den 6 mars går Troells drama Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick upp på bio i USA. Inför premiären har han ställt upp på intervju i bland annat New York Times. Ingen amerikansk filmskribent kan hålla sig ifrån att jämföra Troell med Bergman:

Troell, of course, was quick to dismiss the notion that he had worked in his countryman’s shadow.

“I would prefer to say I’ve been in the sun of Bergman,” he said. “His films have always inspired me.” (New York Times)

Även i Los Angeles Weekly blir ingången för Troell en viss Ingmar.

There isn’t a filmmaker in the world who wouldn’t envy the compliment once paid to director Jan Troell by a fellow Swede named Ingmar Bergman. Although the two filmmakers first met in 1966 when Troell was 35 and releasing his debut feature, Here Is Your Life, it was some years later that Bergman told Troell he owned a 35mm print of the film, which he screened in his home once a year. High praise indeed. (Los Angeles Weekly)

Kritikerna har varit ännu mer positiva i USA till filmen än i Sverige så här långt.

An affecting film that manages to find glimmers of beauty in the encroaching bleakness. (Hollywood Reporter)

Period pieces like this were once more popular than they are today. It is refreshing to see a solid one like this from time-to-time. Betyg 3 av 4. (ReelViews)

Filmen tillhörde de 9 utvalda som sedan skulle bli 5 i kategorin Bästa utländska film på Oscargalan. Troells drama blev inte nominerad. Den var däremot nominerad till bästa utländska film på Golden Globe.

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