EXCLUSIVE: Maybe it’s the cold. Or the relatively few hours of daylight in wintertime. Or perhaps a genetic predisposition. Whatever the case, Sweden and melancholia have become synonymous over tim…
Maybe it’s the cold. Or the relatively few hours of daylight in wintertime. Or perhaps a genetic predisposition. Whatever the case, Sweden and melancholia have become synonymous over time, a national trait explored so memorably in cinema by Ingmar Bergman and in other artforms, like sculpture. Marie-Louise Ekman’s 1,300-pound iron statue called “The Swedish Melancholy,” on display in the city of Linköping, depicts a man in sweater and cap crying actual tears .
“Capturing contemporary Sweden in its diversity and its contradictions,” the film’s logline states, “uses 24 meticulously framed scenes from the country’s walks of life to create a bitter-sweet and richly detailed panorama of the country’s melancholy soul, organized around the verses of Swedish musician and artist Ted Ström’s eponymous song from 1984.
“Apart from being a somewhat self-defining part of Scandinavian mentality, melancholy is a multifaceted term as it embraces feelings that are in fact contradictory,” Olsson notes in a director’s statement. “There is sadness, but also a kind of romantic beauty. A memory of a deceased friend can be painful, but at the same time we do not want to let it go.
Olsson continues, “Even though Vintersaga is portraying parts of the lives of its 55 participants, it is to me a very personal film. The scenes and situations of the film are inspired by my own experience growing up in Sweden. Just like the characters in the film, I have also been freezing on rainy football fields, had deep conversations on the balcony at home parties or, in lack of places to go, hung out in underpasses in the suburbs.
In the exclusive clip above, a couple of bakery workers take a break outside their workplace. One of them says quietly, “Nobody cares about me and I don’t care about them. I’ve explained and explained, but no one tries to understand.” How’s that for melancholy?
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
Sydney Sweeney’s Madame Web Character Means Unfortunate Things For The MCUWhile the MCU is the clear juggernaut now, Madame Web of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe could throw a wrench in their plans with one key character.
Consulte Mais informação »
New 'Shadow and Bone' Season 2 Character Posters Celebrate Nina and MatthiasNew 'Shadow and Bone' posters put Nina and Matthias front and center.
Consulte Mais informação »
DNF Duel Reveals Season Pass Details & First Official DLC CharacterICYMI: DNFDuel will be getting its first DLC character shortly, as well as its first Season Pass, happening this Summer. ArcSystemWorks
Consulte Mais informação »
Guilty Gear -Strive- Announces Season 2 Content & New CharacterICYMI: Get a really good look at a returning character for GuiltyGearStrive as ArcSystemWorks brings back Bedman.
Consulte Mais informação »
Kang Sora Dishes On Her “Strangers Again” Character, Chemistry With Jang Seung Jo, and MoreKang Sora Dishes On Her “Strangers Again” Character, Chemistry With Jang Seung Jo, and More
Consulte Mais informação »