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"Kissed By Winter": Another Swedish drama leading off third base . . .

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Annika Hallin is a married doctor who loses her son and is consumed with grief. So consumed she leaves her husband of many years in order to run away, forget, and start all over. She takes up residency in a small Swedish farming community and is soon confronted by a tragic death that the police see as a murder. Into the mix is the town's snowplow driver who recently became her lover. The victim was a young refugee Muslim and his parents are frantic to get his body back. Complications arise and Hallin struggles with her emotions to do the right things.

So well done this is worth a see. The Scandos can take ordinary things and situations in life and make it compelling and sometimes gripping. The study of Hallin's character dealing with grief and guilt are classic.

3.5 outta 5

No trailer available. NF disk.

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You might like.... - afilado 12:31:51 09/15/12 (1)
.Jar City.

A smart, taut, straight ahead Icelandic crime story filtered through the culture and the environment as well as any I've seen from there. Real people doing real things to one another.

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- Been there, seen that. * - mr grits 13:59:54 09/15/12 (0)
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I recall you didn't like it, but there's a "best of year" quality Icelandic - tinear 09:05:26 09/15/12 (4)
film that fits your description: "Noi, the Albino."
I recall you didn't like it, maybe you should re-visit?
- You're right about the Swedes. (Open in New Window)
- Noi, was okay but nothing really special. * - mr grits 14:01:39 09/15/12 (3)
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  - Strong disagreement: best film of that year. Understated, though, with no torture or histrionics. nt - tinear 20:28:21 09/15/12 (2)
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    - Borderline pointless....you come away with nothing. * - mr grits 10:28:39 09/16/12 (1)
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      - Only if you expect a film to have a "message" or a "point." Actually, if you SPOILER - tinear 07:33:53 09/17/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Borderline pointless....you come away with nothing. * posted by mr grits on September 16, 2012 at 10:28:39
        
        consider the ending, there is one.
        Or do catastrophes announce there arrival in grits-world?

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