As it is in Heaven

As it is in heaven

It’s a must for everybody who wants to watch such a marvellous and touching dramatic and humorous film.

The story is based on a famous star conductor who finishes his international musician’s career after a heart attack. He goes back to his “life roots”, the place where he grew up. Settling in the small Swedish village, he buys an old former school building and wants to start a new life. A short time after, he becomes the conductor of the village choir which sings very badly at the beginning. In this choir there are different singers, who have special characters. Some of them are witty, others are strong believers in God and one of them is physically disabled. But each of them plays an important role in this choir. In the choir’s rehearsal there are ups and downs. But the rehearsal is a very important part of their simple lives. Most of them had never left this village. Nevertheless, they take part in a choir competition abroad.

Firstly, I loved this film due to picturesque film scenes and the story, which contains countless humorous sequences of ordinary life. Secondly, I was very impressed by the good amateur actors and actresses. Thirdly, the funny and tragic story has a vivid atmosphere. In addition, the film shows how people first suffer from the “small village life” – everybody knows and controls each other – but at the end they free themselves little by little.

It’s one of the best films I’ve ever seen for the last 10 years.

It’s at the Atelier cinema in Lucerne (the 48^th week).

Written by Markus Meier