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Fanny and Alexander

Fanny och Alexander (Fanny and Alexander)

1982

Ingmar Bergman

Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Gunn Wållgren, Ewa Fröling ...

7.9

17,703

Drama The story is set in 1907 Uppsala, Sweden, and deals with a young boy named Alexander, his sister Fanny, and their well-to-do family, the Ekdahls. The siblings' parents are both involved in theater and are happily married until the father's sudden death. Shortly thereafter, the mother mistakenly marries a conservative church leader, and their lives change forever.

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"He creates a world in which the utmost certainty exists side by side with ghosts and magic (...) The movie is astonishingly beautiful (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"It has that quality of enchantment that usually attaches only to the best movies in retrospect (...) [A] superb film, which is both quintessential Bergman and unlike anything else he has ever done before."
		Chris Cabin Slant	"One of those masterpieces that plainly presents itself as a work that transcends even the long career of a great artist (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"A realistic psychological drama is allowed to expand into fantasy; the result is one of Bergman's most haunting and suggestive films."
		Variety	"'Fanny and Alexander' combines elegance with intimacy. Its moments of shock are surprisingly subdued (...) and its obvious nostalgia is tempered with the softest irony and the saltiness of home truths."
		Village Voice	"Masterpiece"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A gripping, richly conceived family drama (...) There's no dust on this vivid classic (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alan Morrison Empire	"An accomplished masterpiece, with excellent performances and rarely bettered direction (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Geoff Andrew Time Out	"A marvellously engrossing and thought-provoking film, filled with dazzling dramatic set-pieces and witty, knowing allusions to its creator’s artistic conceits and deceits."

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