Art History Re-Written In UK Trailer For Lasse Hallström’s Hilma

After last month’s first look images, Viaplay have released the UK Trailer for Hilma. Lasse Hallström‘s drama about Swedish abstract artist, Hilma af Klint.

The film stars Hallström‘s actor wife plus daughter Lena Olin and Tora Hallström in titular role. The film is a story of the power of art, friendship, love and self-liberation. Exploring the enigmatic life of Hilma af Klint whose impressive status rose in a male-dominated artistic scene.

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Hilma follows Hilma af Klint as she grows up as a curious and scientifically interested young girl, eagerly looking for the wisdom of life and death. After her beloved sister dies a tragic death, Hilma feels a deepened sense for spiritual and philosophical ideas. While attending the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, she meets a circle of female artists that share her ion. Together they found “The Five” and create occult practices in an attempt to communicate with the spirits of the higher world.

Eventually, her search for the higher realms is rewarded and she manages to convey the spiritual world through painting, leaving her with a painting that is unlike anything else in the art world. She convinced her five companions to her in her vision, creating the “Paintings for the temple” a spiritual house full of spirit-guided artwork, decorated in a spiral-shaped building. However, the world proves it is not ready yet to understand the gravity and pioneering character of Hilma af Klint’s paintings…

The cast also includes Lily Cole , Tom Wlaschiha, Martin Wallström. Also Jazzy de Lisser, Anna Björk, Adam Lundgren, Emmi Tjernström and Jens Hultén.

Hilma will get a UK and Irish cinema release from 28th October. Viaplay streaming service is heading to the UK in Autumn with Hilma set to launch on the channel in early 2023.