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A Song for Martin 2001

type: Movie

language: Swedish

duration: 118 min

genre: drama

director: Bille August

Score: 4 / 10

A Song for Martin is a 2001 Swedish drama film directed by Danish Bille August and starring Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl. Based on the 1994 autobiographic novel Boken om E (The Book about E) by Swedish author Ulla Isaksson, the film's themes are loss and Alzheimer's disease.

Plot

Martin Fischer is a successful composer. During a rehearsal for an upcoming concert he makes contact with first-violinist Barbara Hartman. During the concert, Barbara and Martin flirt a lot with each other, although they are both married and have adult children. After the concert, they meet out back. She feels ill, and he says that he will follow her home. They stop at his hotel and go inside, kiss, and Barbara says she loves him. Somewhat later, she tells her two adult children that she is going to separate from the children's father. Phillip, the son, becomes very angry, while her daughter Karin is more indulgent. The film jumps to Barbara's honeymoon with Martin in Morocco. After they return home, Martin experiences amnesia, and is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

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author	Bille August
director	Bille August
genre	drama
keywords	adult children alzheimer's disease amnesia concertmaster cry drown first-violinist how to living room married morning mozart post office return home swim the magic flute
musicBy	Stefan Nilsson
producer	Bille August Lars Kolvig Michael Lundberg Michael Obel
productionCompany	Moonlight Filmproduction Svenska Filmkompaniet
publisher	Nordisk Film Biografdistribution
recordedAt	Morocco