Aniara
The U.S. trailer has arrive for the Swedish film adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Harry Martinson ’s sci - fi poem , Aniara . Published in 1956 , Martinson ’s original work tells the story of a colonist spaceship headed for Mars that is knocked off - course , charge its crew plummeting into existential desperation . The condition " Aniara " itself come from a Greek word that basically means " sad " or " in desperation " , which is only meet given the subject matter . Martinson ’s poem was turned into an opera house back in 1959 and has since inspired a handful of Swedish rock ‘n’ roll music albums , in gain to the Swedish - nomenclature moving picture .
Aniara , like the original verse form , follow a starship of human settlers lead to Mars as it fall behind its way , send its consumer - apt passengers spiraling into desperation as they essay and understand their place in the population . The projection , which mark the feature entry for author - director Pella Kagerman and Hugo Lilja , premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival last September and has screen at a few more festival since then ( including , the Göteborg festival in Sweden ) . Magnolia Pictures is now getting its merchandising for the film afoot , ahead of its theatrical rivulet this May .
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TheAniaratrailer was made uncommitted today , as you may see in the space below . Magnolia intends to bring out the movie on May 17 , where it will serve as comeback - programming to blockbuster likeJohn Wick : Chapter 3 - Parabellum(which launch the same day ) andDetective Pikachu(which arrives a workweek earlier ) .
So far , the critical reply toAniarahas been observably sundry . While the film has been keep by some critics for its ambitious storytelling and captivating vision of life aboard an elaborate vessel in outer space , it ’s been dismissed by others for being pretentious and , quite frankly , a act of a bore to watch . Both response are understandable , base on what the movie ’s house trailer has to tender . This is very clearly an exercise in European arthouse filmmaking and the effect of two director taking some large swings with their first clip at - cricket bat ( on a feature - distance project , that is ) . It ’s backbreaking to imagine a scenario where a motion-picture show like that does n’t end up being - at least - a little polarizing , as far as the world-wide critical reception is concerned .
Aniarashould be in dependable hands at Magnolia , as far as its theatrical run is concerned . The company specialise in pass around foreign - language and sovereign projects , with their late pic including the Oscar - put forward documentaryRBGand the celebrated Icelandic comedy - dramaWoman at War . They know there ’s very much a market for this type of niche writing style fare and will do their part to make the film uncommitted to anyone who ’s in the mood for some Swedish existential despair … in space .
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Aniarahits theaters on Friday , May 17 .
Source : Magnolia Pictures
