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- 2005
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 47 m
- 2005
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 47 m
SummaryIn this sequel to Bergman's 1973 film "Scenes from a Marriage," Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so, one beautiful autumn day, there she is, beside hi...
Directed By: Ingmar Bergman
Written By: Ingmar Bergman
- 2005
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 47 m
- 2005
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 47 m
Saraband
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SummaryIn this sequel to Bergman's 1973 film "Scenes from a Marriage," Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so, one beautiful autumn day, there she is, beside hi...
Directed By: Ingmar Bergman
Written By: Ingmar Bergman
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Metascore
Generally FavorableBased on 29 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
14% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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It would be difficult to identify a single frame in Saraband that is not a distinguished composition in itself; Bergman has the eye of a latter-day Vermeer.
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Its leisurely, deliberative style is a perfect complement to the emotions it deals with - emotions so penetrating that I warn you at the outset how jarringly intense you may find Bergman's most brilliant drama in decades.
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Generally FavorableBased on 23 User Ratings
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13% Mixed
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An outstanding final work Bergman made for TV, but it's much too good for it not to have been released theatrically. Basically Scenes from a Marriage: 30 Years Later. Nearing retirement and hearing her ex-husband has done well for himself in advanced age, curious Marianne decides on a whim to see how he's doing, decades later, and stumbles upon Johan's horrible son, who it appears is having an incestuous relationship with his daughter, who's significantly talented with the cello and wants to leave to have some semblance of a normal life but is very afraid to do so. A stunning work, a worthy finale to a remarkable career in the arts for the fine Swedish director, who through but ten dialogues can make a far better film than 90% of the other directors out there today.
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Ingmar Bergman was never one to shy away from the brutal honesties of life, and with "Saraband" (his last feature), all of that pain is projected onto 4 characters who so desperately need fulfillment from each other and themselves. What he leaves us with is this - the longer you wait for resolution in your life, the harder it is to get it.
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Saraband portrays a sad vision of aging, yet the film is never depressing. For those inclined to search for psychological twists, the film offers plenty of Freudian situations capable of provoking lengthy discussions.
Bergman's creation of family banter that turns irredeemably cruel remains without peer.
The screenplay of Saraband feels concocted, not absorbed from life in sense and soul like so much of Bergman's work.
If ultimately the highly talky Saraband comes across as a minor entry in the canon, it nonetheless marks a dignified farewell for one of cinema's greatest directors.
The performances are perfectly distilled, but the traits I dislike in Bergman are all here -- self-pity, brutality, spiritual constipation, and an unwillingness to try to overcome these difficulties.
Un final de celebración, despedida de sus interpretes preferidos, gran inspiración de Woody allen, nunca decepciona en su estilo
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Production Company
- SVT Fiktion
- Danmarks Radio (DR)
- Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK)
- RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
- Yleisradio (YLE)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
- ZDF Enterprises
- Network Movie Film-und Fernsehproduktion
- Nordiska TV-Samarbetsfonden
- Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
- Nordisk Film & TV-Fond
Release DateJul 8, 2005
Duration1 h 47 m
RatingR