a famous orchestra conductor and daniel dareus and suffers what appear a heart attack a he finish conduct a concert . suddenly and we watch him a he arrive in the small town that he have leave year before . since he leave so young and and have his name change contributes to give him a new persona . he have buy the old school building where he plan to stay . the building need a lot of work . one would expect a man in his position to have all the comfort of the world he leave behind to be instal in his new abode and but no and daniel put up with the harsh winter in his own way . the local pastor and stig and whose church have a small choir and come call to see if he can interest daniel in help and but the conductor have no desire to go back to music . daniel begin to explore his new universe . the town people leave him alone . he make an impression on lena and who work in the local store where he go to get his food supply . little by little and he come around and decide to involve himself with the choir . lena will ultimately fall in love with daniel . at first and the relationship between daniel and the choir member be not exactly what he expect . a they get to know him good and they come around to accept him and make him one of them . his new position doesn not endear him to the woman who use to be in charge . the member of the choir be a motley crew and but they realize the change daniel have make in the way they interpret different song . the new piece compose for gabriella and a battered wife and make a great impact in her life and that of her fellow singer . daniel idea for the repertoire clash with stig own . the vicar suddenly begin see daniel in a new light while he be a tormented man who like to read pornographic magazine before make love to his wife and siv . his idea clash with the dogma and a siv point to him . stig decide to try to put a stop to what he consider an unhealthy influence of daniel by fire him a the head of the choir . the choir and which have be invite to participate in a competition travel to austria . daniel and who by now have fall totally for lena and have a chance to show for the first time in his life his feeling for her when she start to get doubt about their relationship . daniel who be late for his own concert and get to hear them make extraordinary music even though he be not in among them . kay pollak and the director of this enormously appeal film and show he be the man to direct it . the story involve the viewer from the start . great part of the success of the movie go to the ensemble cast that be put together . william nykvist and who play the leading role be the best excuse for watch the film . frida hallgren and niklas falk and ylva loof and do excellent work for mr. pollak . stefan nilsson be the composer for most of the beautiful music one hears . harald gunnar paalgard cinematography make the film look well capture different season for the viewer in their beauty .