Autumn sonata [blu-ray]

After having neglected her children for many years, world famous pianist Charlotte visits her grown daughter Eva in her home. To her surprise she finds her other daughter, Helena, there as well. Helena is mentally disabled, and Eva has taken Helena out of the institution where their mother had placed her. The tension between Charlotte and Eva only builds up slowly, until a nightly conversation releases all the things they have wanted to tell each other.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.

Special features: New 2K digital film restoration; Introduction by director Ingmar Bergman (from 2003); Commentary (featuring film critic and Bergman expert Peter Cowie); The making of Autumn Sonata (a three-and-a-half-hour on set documentary); Liv Ullmann (New interview with the actress); Ingrid Bergman at the NFT (forty-minute conversation between actor Ingrid Bergman and critic John Taylor Russell from 1981, Bergman discusses her career and her experiences working with director Ingmar Bergman); Trailer; New English subtitle translation.

Performers:

Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk, Marianne Aminoff, Arne Bang-Hansen, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Georg Løkkeberg, Mimi Pollak, Linn Ullmann.

Technical Details:

Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; mono; requires Blu-ray player.

Subject Term:

Mothers and daughters -- Drama.

Dysfunctional families -- Drama.

Pianists -- Sweden -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Swedish language films.

Language:

Swedish