

Hilma

Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is an important part of art history and one of the first ever painters of abstract art. However, unlike the work of many of her peers at the time hers was misunderstood and neglected until long after her death. This is a story about Hilma and the circumstances which made her paintings possible. The film picks up during her early life and ends today; when her art connects with people of all religions and cultures. Just as she intended.
[Viaplay] A biopic about a misunderstood artist who wants to avoid being conventional, but ends up being. In her international aspirations, it feels strange that a story set in Sweden is spoken in English, like those impersonal euro puddings. But it does have some brilliant ideas, like those streets of Stockholm as naturalistic paintings or the last part played by Lena Olin that draws out the character's fragility.