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I liked but didnt love writer / director Maria Fredrikssons The Gullspång Miracle, an interesting, if eerily familiar, documentary that has shades of both Catfish and Three Identical Strangers. Its a fascinating story, but Fredriksson doesnt do a good job telling it. The end result is a twisty, turny, frustrating film that leaves the viewer with very few answers.
It all started with a (supposed) divine premonition that led two sisters to buy an apartment in the tiny Swedish town of Gullspång. When the go to sign the papers, the seller looks absolutely identical to their older sister who died by suicide (supposedly) nearly three decades earlier. As the sisters try to reunite their family and seek answers to how any of this is possible, hu...