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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Gunn Wallgren Boerje Ahlsetdt Christina Schollin

Directors Ingmar Bergman

Screenwriters Ingmar Bergman

Running Time 0 minutes

Fanny and Alexander (15)

Plot
Fanny and Alexander live with their theatrical parents, Oscar and Emilie, in the lively and colourful Ekdahl household. But when their father dies and their mother remarries a severe, forbidding bishop, the children find their lives turned upside down, and have to adapt to a new life.

Verdict
An accomplished masterpiece, with excellent performances and rarely bettered direction.


Reviewer: Alan Morrison

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