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Heaven’s Heart

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As he introduced Heaven’s Heart, producer Jonas Fredriksen commented it depicted, “The most brutal war that has ever taken place.” … “The merciless battlefield called marriage.” That might be about right. Or perhaps it is just about our fears of mediocricy and loneliness. The panic of wasting our lives, of being useless, that overwhelms the best of us at the worst of times.

Heaven's Heart

The film, written and directed by a Dane, Simon Staho, is populated two married couples. All the spouses are close friends and the action is set mainly in their respective apartments. “She’s content,” one of the husbands bitterly comments on his wife’s lack of interest in sex. (Though only with him, as it turns out.) “I am content,” the other husband says to his wife, when she wonders if there isn’t more to life. Later that same man will say “I am forty-five years old. I don’t have time to merely be content. I need to be happy.”

Don’t we all.

The film features well-known Swedish actors. Lena Endre, among others. She also starred in Ingmar Bergman’s Trolösa (Faithless). Indeed this movie has shades of Bergman and Lars Norén, a well-known Swedish playright. Somehow the quiet desperation of bourgeois coupledom seems to endure as an endless fountain of storylines. And why shouldn’t it.

Sarah Clyne Sundberg

April 26, 2010

  • http://blogs.sweden.se/students/ Ben Mack

    While some experts disagree on the origins of “kaffi,” it is thought to possibly be of Old Norse origin. Today, however, it is the Icelandic word for coffee.

    And yes, while knäckebröd without butter may not be quite as unhealthy as some fikas can be, the calories can still add up in a hurry. With that in mind, it’s surprising companies haven’t really tried to cash in on the idea of the fika in the United States yet.

  • Monica-USA

    Well I know that Sweden is the coffee capital of the world but here in Washington State, Seattle is our coffee capital in the US and we love our coffee and no I am not talking about Starbucks coffee which in my opinion tastes like burnt coffee. But we have wonderful little coffee shops on every corner of the city which do provide some really good coffee, pastries and good conversations. Thanks for the story it was enjoyable and they sound like lots of fun. This is one of many fun ways to keep you warm in those cold Swedish nights. :o )

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  • Monica-USA

    Lovely pictures and the places sound wonderful to see.

  • http://twitter.com/LolaAkinmade Lola A. Åkerström

    Solid post! The Turning Torso is really impressive in person. I also love the concept behind those colony gardens (sprinkled in Stockholm as well). Shows the Swedish respect for nature and the outdoors too.

    Lots of little nooks here in Stockholm as well. Love going for strolls along the waterfront (pretty much any of Stockholm’s islands). Hanging around the sofo area in Södermalm, hopping into tiny cafes and vintage stores.

    I love the drive up along the High Coast and Gulf of Bothnia from Stockholm to Luleå. The last landscape and islands feel distinctively Swedish – http://www.lemurworks.com/lola/travel/sweden/2010/arctictrip/

  • http://www.transatlanticsketches.com Kate

    I have never been to Småland, though I’m pretty sure that we’ve driven through it on a very rambling route towards Öland. I always hear people describing it as “the heartland” of Sweden… I would love to go there some time.

  • Quarryman

    Well, as you are in Skåne and it’s springtime, you just have to go to Degeberga and walk along the Forsakarsbäcken to the waterfalls. Its really great this time of year with the flowers and the birds singing like crazy. Read more : http://server6.serverdrift.com/~snfskane/wp-content/uploads/forsakar.pdf

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