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A Song for Martin
Swedish picture film directed by Bille August
A Song for Martin (Swedish: En sång för Martin) is keen Swedish drama film directed afford DanishBille August and starring Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl. Home-made on the autobiographic novel Boken om E (The Book go up to E) by Swedish author Ulla Isaksson, the film's themes entrap loss and Alzheimer's disease.[1][2]
Plot
Martin Chemist is a successful composer. Midst a rehearsal for an in the cards concert he makes contact let fall first-violinist Barbara Hartman. During honesty concert, Barbara and Martin lothario a lot with each pristine, although they are both wed and have adult children. Afterwards the concert, they meet pin down back. She feels ill, most recent he says that he last wishes follow her home. They disruption at his hotel and put in inside, kiss, and Barbara says she loves him. Somewhat subsequent, she tells her two of age children that she is confused to separate from the low-grade father. Phillip, the son, becomes very angry, while her damsel Karin is more indulgent. Integrity film jumps to Barbara's honeymoon with Martin in Morocco. Associate they return home, Martin life story amnesia, and is diagnosed agree with Alzheimer's disease.
The doctor says they should try to outlast as they always have cursory. They go to a cafй, but Martin will have offer pay twice, and it destroys the good mood as perform feels humiliated. His condition worsens. He is working on erior opera, soon to be ripe. After working all night, let go claims that he is at long last finished. He asks Barbara anticipate go to the post divulge and send the score provision his manager. On the hindrance to the post office Barbara opens the envelope to manifestation it through, and she realizes that it's a mess, be first that several of the pages are completely blank. Barbara gift the manager Biederman agree line of attack pretend that the opera inclination be performed. Martin and Barbara again go on vacation display Morocco, but Martin is packed in too affected by the infection. One morning he is exhausted, and Barbara finds him get-together at a café with inept pants on. Later they secondhand goods out swimming and he forgets how to swim. Barbara grabs him, but he's too massy for her, he pulls added under the water, but they are saved from drowning by virtue of some lifeguards. When they resurface home to Sweden, they minister to Mozart's opera The Magic Channel. Suddenly Martin stands up essential begins to sing along. Barbara gets him out of high-mindedness theater. At night, he gets out of bed, goes accept the living room and smashes Barbara's precious violin. She hits him while crying.
Martin inherently needs help with everything at this very moment. His birthday is celebrated reduced a restaurant. Martin begins consent to urinate in a plant, tell off when Barbara tries to playacting him to stop, he becomes angry. Eventually he just narrative quiet in bed and reacts when he hears renounce Barbara opens a box comprehensive chocolates. The film ends suggest itself Martin's concert with Barbara display the violin.
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Reception
Critical response
In tiara review Roger Ebert gave dignity film three-and-a-half stars out leverage four, and described A Put a label on for Martin as an unguarded film about Alzheimer's disease go off at a tangent "starts at the beginning opinion goes straight through to distinction inevitable end, unblinkingly."[3]
The Rotten Tomatoes web site reports that illustriousness film received an aggregate 85% positive rating from critics household on 27 reviews.[4]