‘My Eternal Summer’ Review: A Danish Tearjerker Brought to Life in Poignant, Unsentimental Detail
Exploring the heartfelt experiences of 15-year-old Fanny (Kaya Toft Loholt), the profoundly touching movie “My Eternal Summer” (Min Evige Sommer) follows a summer vacation filled with anticipation as Fanny’s terminally ill mother, Karin (Maria Rossing), nears her end. With subtly nuanced scenes brimming with poignant imagery, first-time feature director Sylvia Le Fanu and co-writer Mads Lind Knudsen create a distinctly Scandinavian image of an educated bourgeois family bravely confronting a devastating ordeal with wit, humor, and frequent drinking, often in elegantly designed interiors.