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Tag / Jan Troell

April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 by Eternality Tan

New Land, The (1972)

  • Criterion Collection, Troell, Jan
  • 1972, Jan Troell, Sweden
  • 2 Comments

4 stars

The second part to “The Emigrants” may not be as exciting or perilous for its lead characters, but its chronicle of 19th century America as an unforgiving world is difficult to surpass.

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March 3, 2019April 1, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Everlasting Moments (2008)

  • Criterion Collection, Troell, Jan
  • 2008, Jan Troell, Sweden
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4 stars

Charting a woman’s dour domestic life as a mother in early 20th century Sweden, and whose artistic awakening comes in the form of a camera, Troell’s late-career triumph is a layered, exquisite delight.

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March 3, 2019April 20, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Here Is Your Life (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Troell, Jan
  • 1966, Jan Troell, Sweden
  • 3 Comments

3 stars

Jan Troell’s naturalistic if poetic debut feature may have been well-regarded in Swedish cinema, but it is difficult to be absorbed by a work that is too meandering and elliptical for its own good.

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March 1, 2019April 20, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Emigrants, The (1971)

  • Criterion Collection, Troell, Jan
  • 1971, Jan Troell, Sweden
  • 2 Comments

4.5 stars

A ‘historical epic’ about a Swedish family emigrating to the States, told unhurriedly in the most intimate and natural of ways.

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