Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

kenjha An Army officer abandons his post and his family to run off with a tightrope walker. It sounds like a good premise for a comedy, but this is a vacuous drama that was quite popular in its day. Young lovers run through the forest, often in slow motion, chasing butterflies while the slow movement from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 plays on the soundtrack. That's pretty much all that happens until they kill themselves (this is not a spoiler as this announced at the beginning of the film), but it takes much too long to get to that point. The Andante from the concerto is one of Mozart's loveliest movements but a portion of it is played to death here. This film is little more than an amateurishly directed music video. Pretty but dull.

ddude1116 I was very excited for this film. I wanted to like it. Maybe I'm just cynical; I don't know. I greatly enjoy films which use extensive cinematography ("Days Of Heaven" "Lawrence Of Arabia" etc.), and so when I heard about this one, I was very glad. Oh, how it disappointed me. For one thing, it's less romance and more a celebration of mankind's folly, which is hardly a problem, all things considered, but it lacked the weight of the issue. What I didn't like was how neither Sixten nor Hedvig were compelling characters; they're as simple as the story they inhabit. When the ending arrived and they shot themselves, I couldn't help but wonder if they shot themselves for their lost love, or the shame of their incessant stupidity. Both characters are selfish and immoral, and while Hedvig can be forgiven due to her youth, but Sixten is older and came from a situation which required legitimate maturity and responsibility, for he abandoned a wife, two kids and an officer's position in the military to accompany a young girl who couldn't give him much else than sex. This film is about love, but I saw very little of it between the two main characters. I understand the point of this film, a celebration of man's selfishness, but for one thing, that's farcically stupid. Selfishness is a reprehensible quality, and only brings suffering, which is another thing, the film makes light of that very subject. Neither character feels any remorse for what they've done, they're so blinded by love, their horrifically shallow love, they don't realize the consequences of their actions. So then they kill themselves. But why? Love. Okay. At this point, I won't bother asking.

duksoe I happened to watch this film, about 20 years ago, on 14-inch-screen TV. I don't remember the details of the film now. However, the touching feeling that I had from the film still remain in my mind. Especially, the cinematography was so beautiful. The 14-inch-screen-TV might not be a proper device for fully enjoying the cinemas, especially for this type of art films. However, even on 14-inch-screen, this film impressed me with its beautiful scenes. Now, I don't recall most of its scenes. My memory of actual scenes was pretty much faded by time but in my mind, the aftertaste of this film still remain the same as when I watched the beautiful impressionist paintings. I think the director expressed very well the inner feelings of the leads through cinematography. For me, this film was such beautiful and powerful. The classical piano piece that was flowing though out the film was also very good. I'd like to watch this film again on a huge screen and to have the touching feeling from this tragic but pure and powerful love story again.

markwilsonseymour I saw this film first run when I was living in Stockholm. The story and the characters, particularly the actress playing the title role, have haunted me ever since. A bittersweet film, it's well worth watching. It's very pretty, with great images and a good story. Apparently it's based on a true story. The classic line is when the title character chides her soldier lover. She says to him: "War isn't parades, Sixten. It's the smell of burning flesh." Nearly thirty years on, I still remember her voice... Without spoiling the ending, let's just say that there's a reason that it's a bittersweet and not just a sweet film. I hope you enjoy it like I did.