The Cinematheque

“Hallström mostly strikes a nice balance between approachability and mystique, between the definitive and the abstract, getting a huge amount of help from his daughter Tora’s open and warm performance in her first leading role.”

Tomris Laffly, Variety

Renowned director Lasse Hallström (My Life as a Dog, Chocolat) tells the extraordinary life story of Hilma af Klint, a Swedish artist who can now be seen as a revolutionary modernist—one of the first purely abstract painters—but who went largely unrecognized in her lifetime. This handsome biographical drama (starring Tora Hallström and Lena Olin as Hilma, in youth then maturity) follows the artist from her early life through her rising artistic career, with special attention given to her interest in spiritualism after the loss of her beloved younger sister. Hilma also explores af Klint’s love life and the philosophical impetus behind her work. In life and art, Hilma af Klint was indeed a woman well ahead of her time.

In English

“What emerges is a softly supernatural story about a futurist who behaved as selfishly as any retrograde male genius … The emotions onscreen have true power.” Amy Nicholson, The New York Times

Streaming
December 1 (Sunday) through
December 15 (Sunday)

This film is available to stream in Canada only. Streaming ticketing links will be available soon.

Please note: Tickets to in-person screenings do not include access to online EUFF offerings, nor vice versa.