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Autumn Sonata (1978)

Autumn Sonata poster
Original title
Höstsonaten
Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany, France, Sweden, Norway
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
PG
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 715 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A celebrated pianist visits her adult daughter after years apart. They confront the deep wounds in their relationship through painful conversations.

emotionally rawintrospectivemelancholicclaustrophobicslow-burnpainfulintimatequietly devastating

What happens

Autumn Sonata (Swedish: Höstsonaten) is a 1978 psychological drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and starring Ingrid Bergman (in her final film role), Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman. Its plot follows a celebrated classical pianist and her neglected daughter who meet for the first time in years, and chronicles their painful discussions of how they have hurt each other. It was the first and only collaboration between Ingrid Bergman and Ingmar Bergman (who were not related).Autumn Sonata was the last of Ingmar Bergman's films to be made for theatrical exhibition; all of his films made after it, even those screened in theatres, were television productions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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