10. Everlasting Moments
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The most resonant foreign import of 2009 appeared, on the surface, to be the quietest — a ravishing period piece by veteran Swedish filmmaker Jan Troell about a woman in turn-of-the-20th-century Malmö, Sweden, who develops her sense of self as she develops her skill and artistry as a photographer. Troell captures flickering emotions about love and loss, feminine responsibilities and feminist awakening, with the gentlest of observations and the most unsentimental of gestures. Maria Heiskanen's performance as the emerging artist, meanwhile, is a breathtaking study in theatrical understatement.
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