The Tears of Saint Peter
MovieTitle | Petri tårar |
User score | 2.7 |
Release date | Aug 11, 1995 |
Genre | Drama, Romance |
Director | Erich Hörtnagl |
Production country | Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden |
Production companies | MovieMakers, Northern Lights, FilmTeknik, TV4, Svenska Filminstitutet, SF Studios, Kinoproduction, Kenneth Madsen Filmproduktion |
Run time | 100 min. |
Izabella Scorupco plays Carla, who is a con-artist somewhere in mediavel Sweden. Carla is disguised as a man and she is selling a "product" called Petri tårar (Tears of St. Peter). This product cures every sickness. In order to promote her product she promises to wake up from the dead all citizens of the town who have died within the last ten years. Both the bishop and the mayor are alarmed as they fear loss of influence over them and try to work against Carla. There are also many citizens who don't want to see their "loved ones" wake up from the dead. In order to make things more confusing, Carla and the son of the mayor, Mark, fall in love with each other.