The read
A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 85%. Scores higher than 93% of the 1,101 1970s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional night, the pair reopen the wounds of the past. Charlotte gets another shock when she finds out that her mentally impaired daughter, Helena, is out of the asylum and living with Eva.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
728 audience votes
Key crew
- Ingmar BergmanDirector
- Ingmar BergmanScreenplay
Cast
- Ingrid BergmanCharlotte
- Liv UllmannEva
- Lena NymanHelena
- Halvar BjörkViktor
- Marianne AminoffCharlotte's Private Secretary
- Arne Bang-HansenUncle Otto
- Gunnar BjörnstrandPaul
- Erland JosephsonJosef
- Georg LøkkebergLeonardo
- Mimi PollakPiano Instructor
- Linn UllmannYoung Eva
- Eva von HannoNurse (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
loss of loved onemarriagepianistinvalidmother daughter reunionmother daughter relationshipintrospectiveintimatedramaticintensedepressing
The Best Movies of 1978
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