i saw this film back at the 2005 palm spring international film festival and of the 14 film i saw there i would rank this a my # 3 film . i have an initial interest in see this be of swedish descent myself with many of my ancestor come from the norrland region of sweden where this be film . also i grow up in an area of rural north wood america where many small town be much like the setting of this film . it nice to see more film use rural location a their setting like så som i himmelen . this be a very good film and i be sure a very hard film to pull together with it large ensemble cast but director kay pollock really pull this off after a nearly two decade absence from direct . helen sjoholm in her motion picture debut a an actress be fantastic and i would look forward to more of her on the big screen . i enjoy michael nyqvist in the lead of this well round cast . i would highly recommend this film and rate it a 9 . 0 on a scale of 10 .