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Autumn Sonata (1978)

Autumn Sonata (1978)

Drama Music
Release Date: 1978, October 8
Directors: Ingmar Bergman
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden
Production: Suede Film, Personafilm, ITC Entertainment
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk, Marianne Aminoff, Arne Bang-Hansen, Erland Josephson, Georg Løkkeberg, Mimi Pollak, Linn Ullmann, Eva von Hanno

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

dramatic loss of loved one intense depressing marriage mother daughter relationship intimate introspective pianist mother daughter reunion invalid