With Every Heartbeat (film)

With Every Heartbeat (Swedish: Kyss mig), also released as Kiss Me, is a 2011 Swedish drama film directed by Alexandra-Therese Keining. The film won the "Breakthrough Award" at the 2011 AFI Festival.[2] The movie was featured on Autostraddle as one of "8 Pretty Great Lesbian Movies You Haven't Seen Yet."[3]

With Every Heartbeat
Original titleKyss mig
Directed byAlexandra-Therese Keining
Produced byJosefin Tengblad
Screenplay byAlexandra-Therese Keining
Based onA story by Josefine Tengblad and Alexandra-Therese Keining
Starring
Music byMarc Collin
CinematographyRagna Jorming
Edited by
  • Lars Gustafson
  • Malin Lindström
Production
companies
Lebox Produktion AB
Distributed by
Release date
  • 29 July 2011 (2011-07-29) (Sweden)
Running time
103 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish
Box office$396,596[1]

Synopsis

Mia (Ruth Vega Fernandez) announces her engagement to her boyfriend Tim (Joakim Natterqvist) at her father's 60th birthday party, where her father Lasse (Krister Henriksson) has just asked his live-in girlfriend Elizabeth (Lena Endre) to marry him.

When Mia meets Elizabeth's fun-loving daughter Frida (Liv Mjones), she is initially wary to be accepted into Elizabeth's family. Reluctantly, Mia agrees to a weekend getaway on the island of Fyn, Denmark, with Frida and Elizabeth. Forced to share a bedroom with Frida, Mia finds herself fascinated by the other woman's free-spirited enjoyment of life. While out walking in the woods one night, Mia boldly kisses Frida leading to an amorous embrace. Frida is ready and willing to reciprocate and the women soon feverishly have sex for the first time. With the weekend over, Mia must return to Stockholm and her life with Tim, and Frida returns to her life partner Elin (Josefine Tengblad).

Mia plans to runaway to Spain, but Frida reminds her that she will be marrying Tim in a few days. Frida breaks up with Elin, and Mia runs away from the wedding. However, Frida decides to leave Mia and goes to the airport to move away. Mia attempts to find her. She asks Elin, who refuses to tell her, and then asks Elizabeth, who tells her that the flight would depart in 40 minutes. Mia follows Frida in Spain.

Cast

Music

The music for this film includes original scores arranged by Marc Collin, as well as an eclectic mix of songs from various artists including José González and Kultiration and Swedish pop icon, Robyn.

See also
  • List of LGBT films directed by women

References
  1. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?country=SE&id=_fKYSSMIGWITHEVER01
  2. "Lesbian Themed Film 'With Every Heartbeat' Wins AFI Fest's Breakthrough Award". SheWired. Here Media. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. "8 Pretty Great Lesbian Movies You Haven't Seen Yet". Autostraddle. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
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