Jerusalem is based on a true story from the Nobel Prize-winning novel of the same name by Selma Lagerlof. Visually dreamy and emotionally intense, Jerusalem begins in a tiny farming community in the Swedish Dales. The story centres on the Ingmarsson family, pillars of the community.
Time passes, natch.
When he settles for his land in an arranged marriage, Jerusalem switches locales. Jerusalem is a long, complex story, historically and emotionally. Its destination is the power of love, but it's a teary road getting there. How and why Swedish pilgrims travelled to Jerusalem is every bit as bizarre and fascinating as the recent goings-on at the Heaven's Gate commune. In the nicest sort of way, of course.