NOMINATED Best Foreign Language Film, 77th Annual Academy Awards® Daniel Daréus, a successful international conductor, is lonely, miserable and exhausted. After suffering a breakdown, he interrupts his career to return, alone, to the village of his childhood where his fame makes him the object of curiosity, fascination and suspicion. When he is asked to "offer a bit of good advice" to the small church choir he begins to rediscover his long-lost passion for music and a sense of belonging. However, his success with the choir threatens the town's status quo, and Daniel soon finds himself surrounded by enemies. Daniel's life, and the lives of the people of Norrland, will never be the same. © Sonet Film AB 2004 All rights reserved