- Precious Moments boy and girl touching hands and holding one anothers shoulders
- Each Piece Is Porcelain Bisque; Hand Sculpted and Hand Painted
- Infused with honest emotion it shares a message that speaks straight to the heart
- Indoor Use Only; Should Be Dusted Occasionally
- Packaged in a box made from recycled materials
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.Fitting for a movie about a woman who finds a new life through photography, Everlasting Moments features stunning images: A streetcar looming out of a wall of fog; the shadow of a zeppelin gliding across a courtyard; a family bouncing around a bedroom, all wearing Charlie Chaplin mustaches. This rich, emotionally powerful film begins in 1907 in a Swedish port, where Maria Larsson (Maria Heiskanen) struggles to raise her four children with little help from her boozing, womanizing husband Sigfrid (Mikael Persbrandt). By accident, she rediscovers a camera that she'd won in a lottery; through its lens she reinvents her confined, unhappy world as a place of warmth, hope, and spiritual transcendence--and begins a furtive, yearning romance with an older photographer who gives her supplies from his studio. Everlasting Moments covers decades of Maria's life, capturing not only her character but the character of the times in which she lived--an er! a of social unrest, world war, and personal upheaval. Yet desp! ite this dense story, the movie feels relaxed and unfolds with the easy command of writer/director Jan Troell, whose films have won dozens of awards around the world, though he is little-known in the U.S. With any luck, Everlasting Moments will bring him some much-due recognition. --Bret FetzerSwedish 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.Fitting for a movie about a woman who finds a new life through photography, Everlasting Moments features stunnin! g images: A streetcar looming out of a wall of fog; the shadow of a zeppelin gliding across a courtyard; a family bouncing around a bedroom, all wearing Charlie Chaplin mustaches. This rich, emotionally powerful film begins in 1907 in a Swedish port, where Maria Larsson (Maria Heiskanen) struggles to raise her four children with little help from her boozing, womanizing husband Sigfrid (Mikael Persbrandt). By accident, she rediscovers a camera that she'd won in a lottery; through its lens she reinvents her confined, unhappy world as a place of warmth, hope, and spiritual transcendence--and begins a furtive, yearning romance with an older photographer who gives her supplies from his studio. Everlasting Moments covers decades of Maria's life, capturing not only her character but the character of the times in which she lived--an era of social unrest, world war, and personal upheaval. Yet despite this dense story, the movie feels relaxed and unfolds with the easy command of writ! er/director Jan Troell, whose films have won dozens of awards ! around t he world, though he is little-known in the U.S. With any luck, Everlasting Moments will bring him some much-due recognition. --Bret FetzerIn a series of remarkable events inspired by a true story, Maria Heiskanen stars as Maria Larsson, a Finnish mother and housewife who devotes all of her attention, care, and consideration to the well-being of her family -- but, like many homemakers, does so at the expense of her own identity and self-awareness. Not that her dockworker husband, Sigge (Mikael Persbrandt), particularly deserves such consideration; a brutish, alcoholic lout, his evenings consist of making life hell for Maria and their daughter with tyrannical, abusive behavior. Then, as the dockworkers go on strike and the family's economic situation plummets, a ray of hope appears, in the form of a Contessa camera won in a local lottery. Unsurprisingly, Maria at first attempts to pawn it to reel in extra monies, but store owner Sebastian Pedersen convinces her otherwise; he t! eaches her how to use it, and she begins taking gorgeous, haunting photographs with the unaffected, instinctive perceptions of a young child. As the woman's self-discovery builds and her identity takes on form and definition, Sebastian unofficially takes her on as a protégée and quietly witnesses romantic feelings for her building inside of him. Meanwhile, Sigge's life falls to pieces when the authorities connect him with the catastrophic explosion of a British vessel. Maria's daughter, Maja (Callin Öhrvall), narrates. ~ Nathan Southern, RoviUnited Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Swedish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Behind the scenes, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: In a series of remarkable events inspired by a true story, Maria He! iskanen stars as Maria Larsson, a Finnish mother and housewife! who dev otes all of her attention, care, and consideration to the well-being of her family -- but, like many homemakers, does so at the expense of her own identity and self-awareness. Not that her dockworker husband, Sigge (Mikael Persbrandt), particularly deserves such consideration; a brutish, alcoholic lout, his evenings consist of making life hell for Maria and their daughter with tyrannical, abusive behaviour. Then, as the dockworkers go on strike and the family's economic situation plummets, a ray of hope appears, in the form of a Contessa camera won in a local lottery. Unsurprisingly, Maria at first attempts to pawn it to reel in extra monies, but store owner Sebastian Pedersen convinces her otherwise; he teaches her how to use it, and she begins taking gorgeous, haunting photographs with the unaffected, instinctive perceptions of a young child. As the woman's self-discovery builds and her identity takes on form and definition, Sebastian unofficially takes her on as a protég! ée and quietly witnesses romantic feelings for her building inside of him. Meanwhile, Sigge's life falls to pieces when the authorities connect him with the catastrophic explosion of a British vessel. Maria's daughter, Maja (Callin Ohrvall), narrates. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Golden Globes, ...Everlasting Moments ( Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick ) ( Die ewigen Augenblicke der Maria Larsson )New York journalist Jedediah Pratt Russell is the victim of an inexplicable divorce. A loving father, a dutiful bread-winner, a sensitive lover-he thought he'd given Sarah everything. Jed finally abides Sarah's insistence on psychiatric help, hoping it will mend whatever's broken between them. Instead, his experience with Dr. Irving "Quack Quack" Rosenbaum prompts Jed to seriously pursue the autobiographical novel that's been gnawing at him for years, and through it to confront all the simmering issues that plague his life: his bond with his father-in-law Old ROT, a former OSS operative s! uffering from a mysterious disease; his record-setting mission! ary work and love-hate relationship with Church doctrine; a secret tryst with an old flame right up to her marriage to Jed's distant cousin; his fascination with marriage and polygamy both in his ancestral line and the present. With the confidence of Rebe, the "way, way too young" assistant to Quack Quack, Jed finds himself spinning toward the Mormon heritage he'd left behind decades ago, and into the heart of Utah, where the many open circles in Jed's life converge in startling ways. Unabashed, heartfelt, and brutally open, Closing Circles is Jed's exploration of obsessions, fantasies, family history, and Mormonism-an exploration that will make him reconsider everything he's ever believed about marriage, divorce, faith, and himself.Closing Circles is a rollicking, brutally candid novel of a young Mormon journalist’s attempt to liberate himself from a failed marriage and the confounding influences of his religious culture and family.
New York journalist Jedediah Pratt! Russell is the victim of an inexplicable divorce. A loving father, a dutiful bread-winner, a sensitive loverâ€"he’d given Sarah everything. Except himself. When Sarah stuns him with divorce papers after a night on the town, Jed finally abides Sarah’s insistence on psychiatric help, hoping it will mend whatever’s broken
Instead, his experience with Dr. “Quack Quack†Rosenbaum prompts Jed to seriously pursue the autobiographical novel that’s been gnawing at him for years, and through it to confront all the simmering issues that plague his life: his relationship with his father-in-law, a serial polygamist with a mysterious disease; Jed’s record-setting missionary work and love-hate relationship with Church doctrine; a secret tryst with an old flame right up to her marriage to Jed’s distant cousin; and his fascination with marriage and polygamy.
With the confidence of Rebe, the “way, way too young†assistant to Quack Quack, Jed finds! himself spinning back into the Mormon heritage he’d left be! hind dec ades ago, and into the heart of Utah, where the many open circles in Jed’s life converge in startling ways.
Unabashed and revealing, Jed’s story in Closing Circles is a Rothian exploration of obsessions, family history, religion, and unfinished businessâ€"an exploration that will make Jed reconsider everything he’s ever believed about marriage, divorce, faith, and himself.
From Jan Troell, the five-time Oscar® nominated writer/director of THE EMIGRANTS and THE NEW LAND, comes a new masterpiece of innocence, struggle and beauty. In strike-torn 1907 Sweden, a working class wife with an alcoholic husband and 7 children wins aStrong, shared faith brings so many couples together.  This loving pair become ever closer as they pray, hand-in-hand, for a blessed future together.
