THE GULLSPÅNG MIRACLE
FRI, 12/1, 12:00, 108 min BAY STREET THEATER
Director Maria Fredriksson via Zoom for Q&A
Director: Maria Fredriksson
Producer: Ina Holmqvist
Editors: Orvar Anklew, Mark Bukdahl
Cinematographer: Pia Lehto
When May is injured in a freak accident on a rollercoaster ride, she and her sister Kari decide to buy a home in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. But when the siblings encounter the property’s seller, Olaug, they become convinced that she is their older sibling, Lita, who allegedly committed suicide some 30 years earlier.
It is at this point that documentary filmmaker Maria Fredriksson, at the behest of the sisters, begins to investigate this strange history. Gradually, she pieces together a domestic jigsaw puzzle, resulting in a true-crime family drama that journeys down a series of surprising paths.
Fredriksson is one of the founders of the all-female production company Ballad Film. She has made several short documentaries that have screened at international film festivals. The Gullspång Miracle is her first feature documentary.