Höstsonaten Autumn sonata / Janus Films ; Svensk Filmindustri ; en film av Ingmar Bergman ; producerad av Personafilm GmbH München ; manus och regie, Ingmar Bergman.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
c2013
Description:
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet..
Title from container. Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk, Erland Josephson, Gunnar Bjornstrand. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. Special features: New 2K digital film restoration; Introduction by director Ingmar Bergman (from 2003); Commentary (featuring film critic and Bergman expert Peter Cowie); The making of Autumn Sonata (a three-and-a-half-hour on set documentary); Liv Ullmann (New interview with the actress); Ingrid Bergman at the NFT (forty-minute conversation between actor Ingrid Bergman and critic John Taylor Russell from 1981, Bergman discusses her career and her experiences working with director Ingmar Bergman); Trailer; New English subtitle translation. Booklet features an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.
Summary:
Charlotte is a famous pianist who neglected her children while pursuing her career. She visits her now grown daughter, Eva, at her home and the mother and daughter spend a long and painful night together confronting the bitter discord of their relationship.
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