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Autumn Sonata

Höstsonaten

1978

Ingmar Bergman

Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk ...

8.0

7,689

Drama Charlotte (Ingrid Bergman) is an acclaimed concert pianist who is visiting her daughter Eva (Liv Ullmann) for the first time in seven years. While Charlotte and Eva struggle to be civil, there is a deep emotional gulf between them. The tension builds up slowly, until a nightly conversation releases all the things they have wanted to tell each other.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"Bergman turns [the conflict] into a fundamental question about human cause and effect: one with no single right answer."	POS
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"A feast of perceptional detail (...) 'Autumn Sonata' remains a fascinating sampler of the great Ingmar Bergman’s most brilliant and troubled tendencies (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"It's a crafted miniature with Bergman's usual bombast built, for once, into the plot requirements. The nonsense with the handicapped daughter is a little distracting, but the rest is often honest and surprisingly to the point"	POS
United States	The Washington Post	"Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann invest their roles with undeniable emotional conviction and impact."	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"An austerely beautiful meditation on death and the not-always-realized possibility of reconciliation across generations."	POS
United Kingdom	Paul Taylor Time Out	"Routine obsessions, routine hysteria; maybe even a routine masterpiece."	POS

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