With Every Heartbeat (film)
| With Every Heartbeat | |
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| Directed by | Alexandra Therese Keining |
| Produced by | Josefin Tengblad |
| Written by | Alexandra Therese Keining |
| Starring |
Ruth Vega Fernandez Liv Mjönes Krister Henriksson Lena Endre Joakim Nätterqvist Josefin Tengblad |
| Music by | Marc Collin |
| Cinematography | Ragna Jorming |
| Edited by | Lars Gustafson and Malin Lindström |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
With Every Heartbeat, also released as Kiss Me (Swedish: Kyss mig), is a 2011 Swedish drama film directed by Alexandra Therese Keining. The film won the "Breakthrough Award" at the 2011 AFI Festival.[1] The movie was featured on Autostraddle as one of "8 Pretty Great Lesbian Movies You Haven’t Seen Yet."[2]
Synopsis
Mia Sundström, an up-and-coming architect, is about to marry Tim Brattahall, her business partner. In the opening scenes, Mia and Tim fly from their home in Stockholm to Göteborg where they attend a birthday party for her engaged father, Lasse. At the party, Mia meets Frida, a school teacher and the eldest daughter of Lasse's fiancee, Elisabeth. Mia and Frida exchange many glances, portending mutual attraction.
In an attempt to get his daughter to better know her upcoming mother and sisters-in-law, Lasse insists to Mia to accompany them for a weekend getaway. Mia and Frida travel with Elisabeth to the Danish island of Fyn to the former summer home that Elisabeth and Lasse plan to share. During the three-day and two-night excursion, Mia and Frida are forced to share a bedroom. During the weekend, Frida, an 'out' lesbian, continues to be intrigued by Mia, whose feelings are mutual but is conflicted about her relationship with Tim. Mia and Frida's feelings for one another blossom, which eventually lead to them having sex. Afterwards, Mia returns to Stockholm with Tim, while Frida returns to her life partner Elin.
However, neither woman is unable to forget about their secret passionate time they spent and Mia is left to decide whether to suppress her romantic feelings for Frida and go on with her wedding plans, or break off her engagement to Tim and pursue a new life with Frida.
Cast
- Ruth Vega Fernandez as Mia
- Liv Mjönes as Frida
- Krister Henriksson as Lasse
- Lena Endre as Elisabeth
- Joakim Nätterqvist as Tim
- Tom Ljungman as Oskar
- Josefin Tengblad as Elin
Music
The music for this film includes original scores arranged by Marc Collin, as well as an eclectic mix of songs from various artists including José González and Kultiration and Swedish pop icon, Robyn.
References
- ↑ "Lesbian Themed Film 'With Every Heartbeat' Wins AFI Fest's Breakthrough Award". SheWired. Here Media. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ↑ "8 Pretty Great Lesbian Movies You Haven’t Seen Yet". Autostraddle. 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2017-06-10.