Title: Fanny and Alexander
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Languages: English
Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Mystery,
Runtime: 3:08:00 Hour
Cast: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Jan Malmsjö
Directors: Ingmar Bergman
MPA Rating: R
Rating: 7.8 (897 Votes)
TomatoMeter: 100 %
Audiance Score: 94 %
Critics Consensus: Ingmar Bergman conveys the sweep of childhood with a fastidious attention to detail and sumptuous insight into human frailty in Fanny & Alexander, a masterwork that crystalizes many of the directors' preoccupations into a familial epic.
Year: 1982
Summary: As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.