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A Song for Martin
Danish director Bille August`s (PELLE THE CONQUEROR) touching tale is about finding a great love and losing it too quickly. Barbara (Viveka Seldahl), the first violinist in a Swedish philharmonic, is immediately, deeply attracted to Martin Fischer (S... Danish director Bille August`s (PELLE THE CONQUEROR) touching tale is about finding a great love and losing it too quickly. Barbara (Viveka Seldahl), the first violinist in a Swedish philharmonic, is immediately, deeply attracted to Martin Fischer (Sven Wollter), a famous composer who is guest conducting his new work. Both Barbara and Martin are good-looking, middle-aged, and married to other people. Despite the obstacles, they fall passionately in love, and soon enjoy a blissful, charmed life together as husband and wife. They live in a quaint house by the sea, and work together on Martin`s compositions. However, Martin begins displaying some unnerving behavior--he forgets his manager`s name, and has sudden, terrifying moments of blankness where he doesn`t recognize the house. When Martin is diagnosed with Alzheimer`s, he tries to continue composing his new opera, but the cruel irony of an artist`s instrument--his mind and memory--being destroyed (as in IRIS) is soon apparent. Meanwhile, Barbara struggles to cope as her virile, brilliant husband deteriorates into a confused, weak man she doesn`t recognize. Wollter embodies the shambling, empty physicality of Alzheimer`s to perfection, while Seldahl (Wollter`s real-life wife) realistically portrays the frustration, anger, and sorrow of the loved ones forced to watch.
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