Saraband (TV)
Drama
After their divorce, Johan and Marianne lost touch for many, many years. Johan, now a retired professor, has withdrawn to his grandparents' summerhouse in the western province of Dalarna. He bought the house after inheriting a minor fortune from a Danish aunt, a once-famous opera singer. Here he leads a solitary life with his books and a housekeeper. Marianne, who has continued her practice as a family and divorce lawyer, suddenly ... [+]
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United States | The Washington Post | "At the end, as in so many of Bergman's best films, nothing is settled, but we have traveled a good distance with his characters and the world seems a darker, more intricate and more magical place than it did a couple of hours earlier" | POS |
United States | Newsweek | "A fierce and moving examination of familial and conjugal love--its limits, its frailty, its destructiveness, its necessity." | POS |
United States | rogerebert.com | "Powerfully, painfully honest. (...) A meditation on the pathology of selfish relationships (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" | POS |
United States | SFGATE | "If Saraband is not one of the best Bergman films, it's a very good one and a valuable statement from a great artist in old age." | POS |
Canada | The Globe and Mail | "Reminds us again that Bergman (...) remains unrivalled in revealing the sea of emotions between two people face-to-face." | POS |
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