Director Ingmar Bergman's autobiographical drama, the 1984 Best Foreign Film Oscar winner, depicts a family in crisis after its lively patriarch, Oscar (Allan Edwall), dies unexpectedly. Desperate to provide stability to her children, Fanny and Alexander, the widow Emilie (Ewa Froling) marries a minister, but their new life proves to be foreboding and lonesome. It's up to their grandmother (Gunn Wallgren) to infuse joy into their existence.
Such a phenomenally haunting piece of work. a very fulfilling storyline delivered by a great acting, a beautiful-artistic directing, a poetic script and a masterful cinematography.
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Such a phenomenally haunting piece of work. a very fulfilling storyline delivered by a great acting, a beautiful-artistic directing, a poetic script and a masterful cinematography.
the swedish cinema is unbelievably beautiful especially when it comes to Bergman's works cinema at its best 5/5
Ingmar Bergman directed a scene in which an old man entertained two young children by blowing out candles with his farts. The world is completely upside down for me right now.