WAY OF NATURE
NATURENS GÅNG
Sweeden, 2008
108 minutes
directed by: Nina Hedenius
Exquisite documentary mastership which merge man, animals and
plants into a world of cosmic harmony and tranquility. The story that unfolds in front of us like a canvas,
painted with delicate gestures up to the finest details. The perfect symbiosis of all beings in which
a man is not privileged in any way. The life of a special Swedish farm through the four seasons, filled
with deep respect towards the nature. The silence and rhythm of everyday activities respire with this
same respect. “We have departed ourselves from animals and nature”, Nina Hedenius says. “I wanted to make
an epic picture of the things that are expiring. “Way of Nature” is the love ode to animals and nature.”
The sights and sounds of nature without a single spoken word. The film of a stunning beauty and dignity.
SELECTOR'S WORD: „You can’t negociate with Nature, it was said at the Climate summit in
Copenhagen. Having watched this wonderful film about Nature and about being Natural, you ask yourself –
and why should you? It is not very far from us, this location, and yet it is far from urban stressful
modern life.”
Nina Hedenius
Born as Nina Gudrun Johana Hedenius in the small town of Solna near Stockholm. Studied
painting with an ambition to become a painter. Left Stockholm at the age of 25 and moved to the Swedish
forest countryside, where she still lives. Succesful photography exhibition led to the invitation from
Sweddish Television for making the first documentary film in 1965. She stops painting and becomes a filmmaker.
Photographer, director, director of photography, editor and independent producer. Nina Hedenius is one of
the most important Swedish documentarists and her films are at the very top of European documentary film.
Selected filmography
LIKE THE WIND MY LONGING (Likt vinden far min längtan), 1989
REFLECTIONS IN MY EYE (Det speglar i mitt öga), 1992
THE OLD MAN IN THE COTTAGE (Gubben i stugan), 1995
SWEDISH STORIES (Från Sverige i tiden), 1999
THE ART OF CLEANING (Konsten att städa), 2002
WAY OF NATURE (Naturens gång), 2008
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