{"id":951,"date":"2013-04-20T13:55:12","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T11:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=951"},"modified":"2022-03-13T19:22:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T17:22:59","slug":"a-two-hour-piece-of-art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/press-clips\/reviews-2011\/a-two-hour-piece-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon and the oaks – A two-hour piece of art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sk\u00f6vde Nyheter 111205<\/strong><\/p>\n

By: \u00c5SA MWANSA<\/p>\n

REVIEW. This Friday Simon and the Oaks premieres in Sk\u00f6vde. \u00c5sa Mwansa from Sk\u00f6vde Nyheter saw the movie during the film festival in Skara and is not afraid to call the movie version of Marianne Fredriksson’s acclaimed novel a masterpiece.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t read the book by Marianne Fredriksson, so I can\u2019t comment on the link to it. Simon and the Oaks is an incredibly beautiful movie, both the environments and the photo in itself.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t remind myself that I have seen a Swedish movie that touched me as much. Either my memory is bad or this is a true masterpiece. My memory is pretty okay anyway, so I lean towards the latter.<\/p>\n

The story is set during World War II and goes until after the peace, with contemporary environments, in every detail. Then the movie has a depth and a thought that is rare in this era of superficiality. At least as I perceive it. The characters are not flat, one-dimensional characters, but living and humanly incongruous. It\u00b4s also obvious that the actors are carefully selected for their respective roles.<\/p>\n

Helen Sj\u00f6holm has the role of Simon’s mother Karin and her love for her son is felt far out in the movie theater. So does the pain, when everything goes wrong and she cannot reach him. These are some of the feelings that gush over me. Passion, warmth, despair, anger and powerlessness are a few more. The magical feeling of being in the music, being in nature and to be floating away in imagination, is also part of Simon’s world.<\/p>\n

The disasters of the war is in the background, but are not clearly explained. What everyone already knows does not need many words to make an impression. Along with several profound life stories, not just the main character\u2019s, this makes a fantastic movie. One that will come to my mind for a long time. And to re-watch.<\/p>\n

There was only one thing that was not really credible.  That Helen Sj\u00f6holm would sing false.<\/p>\n

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REVIEW <\/strong>
\nTitle:<\/strong> Simon and the Oaks
\nPremiere:<\/strong> December 9
\nBy:<\/strong> Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd, Helen Sj\u00f6holm, Stefan G\u00f6dicke, et.al
\nDirected by:<\/strong> Lisa Ohlin
\nRunning time:<\/strong> 2 hr 2 min
\nCensorship:<\/strong> 11 years
\nRating:<\/strong> + + + +<\/p>\n

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