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This is the best movie I've seen this year. Maybe because I was in a good mood, but I kept thinking about this movie hours after I got out of the cinema. I am not a native English speaker, please excuse my bad English.

There are many parts I love about "La Amore di Màrja". Image, music, atmosphere, joy, despair, selfishness, giving, taking, needing, dreaming, surrealism, realism, etc. Every little bit of this movie is very thought through. The movie is something of an instruction book on how to break down a person and do it through the children, they are the battering ram the husband can use to keep Marja in the home and if she leaves she will have to leave her children. She becomes a prisoner in her own home, and this affects her and their children deeply.

Now there is a challenge for you as a viewer. Even though most of the Sicilians in this movie are somewhat evil, you have to realize that this movie, even though it takes place in Sicily it is not about Sicily. This behavior could take place anywhere. The message is not "this is how evil Sicilians can be" rather "this is how evil people can be, so stop it if you can".

Usually i can't stand romance movies, they always tend to exaggerate everything about love and relationships in a way that i just plain stupid. But this movie manages to keep a nice pace and great cinematography. The movie built up my expectations for every minute and manages to fulfill them, and this is just incredible.

This is the best danish film i have seen since Festen (The Celebration), i have seen a lot of danish movies but "Festen" and "Italiensk for begyndere" stand out in a remarkable way.

If you liked this movie a would like to recommend movies from from Swedish director Lukas Moodysson, movies like "Fucking Åmal" and "Tillsammans" for example.