Höstsonaten (1978)

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Guionista:

Ingmar Bergman (writer)

Release Date:

octubre 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After having neglected her children for many years, world famous pianist Charlotte visits her daughter Eva in her home...

Plot Keywords:

Seizure | Mother Daughter Estrangement | Hospital | Reconciliation | Loss Of Son

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

One of the very, very best

Cast

Ingrid Bergman	...	Charlotte Andergast
Liv Ullmann	...	Eva
Lena Nyman	...	Helena
Halvar Björk	...	Viktor
Marianne Aminoff	...	Charlotte's private secretary
Arne Bang-Hansen	...	Uncle Otto
Gunnar Björnstrand	...	Paul
Erland Josephson	...	Josef
Georg Løkkeberg	...	Leonardo
Mimi Pollak	...	Piano instructor
Linn Ullmann	...	Eva as a child

También conocida como:

Autumn Sonata (USA)
Herbstsonate (West Germany)
Sonate d'automne (France)
Sonata de otoño (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
Sonata otoñal (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

99 min | UK:92 min

País:

France | West Germany | Sweden

Idioma:

Swedish | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Australia:M | Netherlands:16 (original rating) | Norway:16 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 (f) | Singapore:PG | UK:AA (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Jar, Norway

Company:

Filmédis

Trivialidades:

While Ingrid Bergman portrays Charlotte the pianist, the person we really see and hear playing is Ingmar Bergmman's ex-wife Käbi Laretei, an acclaimed concert pianist. She even acted as Ingrid's body double at the keyboard.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Cuentos eróticos (1980)

Soundtrack:

Sonat F-dur, Opus 1

One of the very, very best

This is one of the very best Ingmar Bergman films I have seen, and therefore one of the very best films.

Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullman are simply amazing together as a mother and daughter combination from hell. Ingrid Bergman is terrific, despite a deliberately naff hairdo which makes her look like Queen Elizabeth II of the UK rather than the faded beauty she is. Liv Ullman also has visual nuances to enhance her character - the glasses, platted hair and jumpers enabling this beautiful woman to look frumpy.

The acting is simply amazing, even through the subtitles you can tell. Fortunately Scandinavian vocal nuance is similar enough to English to enable us non-Swedish speakers to appreciate the acting.

Of course, it has the Ingmar Bergman darkness to it. The sister with the horrible degenerative disease, the drowned toddler, the selfishness of the Ingrid Bergman character. If you get depressed along with the characters in films like this, you might be better off giving this one a miss.

But for those with a taste for this type of claustrophobic drama, this is one of the most powerful films you will ever see.