Flicka och hyacinter (Girl with Hyacinths). 1950. Written and directed by Hasse Ekman

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Girl with Hyacinths. 1950. Sweden. Directed by Hasse Ekman. Courtesy Swedish Film Institute

Flicka och hyacinter (Girl with Hyacinths). 1950. Sweden. Written and directed by Hasse Ekman. In Swedish; English subtitles. 89 min.

With Eva Henning, Ulf Palme, Birgit Tengroth. 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.

This film accompanies Hasse Ekman: The Other Swede in the Room.

Past events

Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 7:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Wed, Sep 9, 2015, 7:00 p.m.

Introduced by the filmmaker's wife, Viveka Ekman, daughter, Fam Ekman, and Fredrik Gustafsson

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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