A SONG FOR MARTIN (EN SANG FOR MARTIN) European Showcase

Academy Award® and two time Palm d’Or-winning director Bille August’s new film is a beautiful and heart wrenching· W portrait of a woman’s love for her husband in the face of a terrible and incurable disease. The performances by the two leads won them the Best Actor and Best Actress Awards at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Viveka Seldahl gives a superb performance as Barbara Hartman, a symphony violinist who falls in love with Martin Fisher, world-renowned maestro and composer. Unhappy in a dead marriage, Barbara divorces her husband and marries Martin. Their relationship is filled with music and passion until one morning at home, when Martin forgets where he is. After he is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Martin’s condition quickly deteriorates. Powerless to fight the disease, Barbara must sacrifice everything-except her love-for Martin.

Great performances and directed with utter precision, A SONG FOR MARTIN is a testament to the strength of compassion under difficult and trying conditions.