a famous conductor decides after a heart attack to go back to the village where he be bear to live a quiet life . there and he come in dutch with the local church choir and that will change his life . i have no expectation when i saw this movie for the first time yesterday while i like watch foreign movie that be not english and and i have already see a couple of swedish movie in my life and but this one be the best so far . where to start . in my opinion and this film be a jewel and thanks to many thing and of which one be the outstanding acting . michael nyqvist be perfect a the thoughtful and almost shy and devoted conductor daniel daréus . beautiful frida hallgren be enchant with her pretty smile and her subtle acting . the choir member be all well develop and interesting character with their own story each . this movie tell a story and a beautiful story and about music and love and pain and memory and death and about a man who devote his life to music and and who try to create a calm existence in the village where he be bear and while try to make peace with the past and with the way his life have be till then . kay pollack show u that the swedish be outstanding movie creator . go see så som i himmelen and it a movie that make you think about life and love and and that also comfort and in some way .