The Gullspång Miracle + short film Wander to Wonder
Coen Brothers meets Twin Peaks in this incredible documentary full of eccentric characters about two sisters who buy a flat in a Swedish hamlet. The saleswoman looks exactly like their sister, who committed suicide in 1988.
Norwegian sisters Kari and May are devout in their religious convictions – to the degree that they perceive divine signs all around them. When May visits Kari in Sweden and decides to buy an apartment in the area to be closer to her, both sisters end up experiencing a divine sign at one apartment that prompts them to buy it. However, once they convene to buy it, they witness a shocking revelation that turns their lives upside down: the seller looks identical to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide some thirty years before. What’s even more unusual: Olaug, the seller of the apartment, used to go by ‘Lita,’ the same distinctive nickname as Kari and May’s deceased sister.
The sisters recruit director Maria Fredriksson to pursue these unusual circumstances, and the filmmaker is thrust into uncovering secrets and eerie mysteries of a bizarre family story.
An extraordinary film about a family, their past and secrets. A film about compatible and incompatible differences, about the 'nature-nurture' debate (genetic predestination versus upbringing and life experience), the power of faith, and the dark side of secrets.
Please note: The screening of THE GULLSPÅNG MIRACLE is preceded by the short film WANDER TO WONDER (Nina Gantz, Netherlands, Belgium 2023, 14 min.), a sinister stop-motion animation film in which the stars of a TV show have to fend for themselves in the studio after the death of their creator. As their hunger grows, the show becomes increasingly grim.