Sunday's Children (1992)

Original title

Söndagsbarn

Directed by

Daniel Bergman

Genre

drama film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy spends time with his father, a Swedish minister, during summer visits that reveal both warmth and distance between them. The story moves between the boy's memories and his adult perspective, showing the complicated love and forgiveness that develops over a lifetime.

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What happens

Sunday's Children (Swedish: Söndagsbarn) is a 1992 Swedish drama film directed by Daniel Bergman and written by Ingmar Bergman. At the 28th Guldbagge Awards, the film won the award for Best Cinematography (Tony Forsberg), and Thommy Berggren was nominated for Best Actor. Ingmar based his screenplay for Sunday's Children on the life of his father, Church of Sweden minister Erik Bergman. Author Geoffrey MacNab wrote that whereas Ingmar's recollections of Erik are damning in his 1982 film Fanny and Alexander, his 1991–92 study of his father is "far more forgiving" in The Best Intentions and Sunday's Children. Critic Vincent Canby also identified Sunday's Children as "a continuation" of Fanny and Alexander and The Best Intentions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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