As It Is in Heaven is a 2004 Swedish film written and directed by Kay Pollak; it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in the 2005 Academy Awards.
The story focuses on a lonely but gifted conductor, his yearning to create music that will open the heart, a church choir, and its idiosyncratic members who live in a small rural town in northern Sweden.
This movie is a beautiful representation of one man’s search for love and meaning in a seemingly simple life. The dream of creating music that opens the heart is realized in real-time as viewers of this movie recognize the symphony and harmony of the lives of the characters who, themselves, learn to live with open hearts.
This movie is no longer available on our website. It may be available on YouTube at this link.
Here is a link to a playsheet designed to facilitate contemplative movie watching: As It Is In Heaven Playsheet.
Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert will lead the Movie Group’s discussion of this movie on Sunday, February 28 at 8 p.m. ET.
