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Emigrants, The [Plays 5/8 at 6:40 p.m., 5/15 at 2 p.m., and 5/19 at 1 p.m. as part of the MSPIFF41 Film Festival running May 5-19; for more information, log on to MSPfilm.org for full schedule.] Eric Poppe's engaging, award-winning, well-acted, heartbreaking, 148-minute, 2021 film with stunning cinematography and told in flashbacks adapted from Vilhelm Moberg's 1949 novel in which an ambitious, hardworking Swedish farmer (Gustaf Skarsgård) convinces his reluctant, stubborn, pregnant wife (Lisa Carlehed) to make the perilous voyage across the Atlantic onboard a crowded, disease-infested ship to America for hopefully a better life with their three children (Kerstin Linden, Harald Knutsen-Öy, and Vincent Folkessonet) in 1849 and his homesick, emotionally distraught wife ends up struggling with isolation in Minnesota and forming a surprising friendship with a feisty, former prostitute (Tove Lo) who helped locate her missing daughter at a crowded New York City train station, she finds herself in conflict with a strict, self-righteous Swedish Lutheran minister (Rasmus Lindgren) and his pious, judgmental wife (Sofia Helin) when they oppose her newfound friendship and the education of her daughter (and all women) while claiming to be good Christians by adhering to Lutheran doctrine.   Redhead: Year: 2022 Rating:  NR View Emigrants, The on the Internet Movie Database