Hasse Ekman

  • Hasse Ekman – Flicka och hyacinter AKA Girl with Hyacinths (1950)

    1941-1950ClassicsHasse EkmanMysterySweden

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    Ekman’s favorite of his own films, and an enduring classic in Scandinavia, “Girl with Hyacinths” examines the mysterious suicide of a young woman (Eva Henning, Ekman’s wife at the time) through a Wellesian multiplicity of points of view. Visually striking, with extreme long takes and images that drift into a dreamlike surrealism, the film reveals its secrets with grace and sympathy, moving toward a final revelation that seems at least a generation ahead of its time.Read More »

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