Saraband DVD (Region 99)

10	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Sony Pictures
Release date : 10 January 2006
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 0043396108981
UPC : 043396108981

Drama (1), Foreign (1), 2003 (1), Swedish (1), Sequel (1)

Description

Product DescriptionAfter their divorce johan & marianne lost touch. Johan now retired has withdrawn to his grandparents summerhouse. Here he leads a solitary life with his books. Marianne who is still a practicing attorney decides to look up johan. After 32 years of separation they begin several intense weeks together. Studio: Sony Pict Product Description
After their divorce johan & marianne lost touch. Johan now retired has withdrawn to his grandparents summerhouse. Here he leads a solitary life with his books. Marianne who is still a practicing attorney decides to look up johan. After 32 years of separation they begin several intense weeks together. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Liv Ullman Erland Johnson Run time: 111 minutes Rating: R Director: Ingmar Bergman

You know you're back in Bergman country when a character begins speaking to the camera right from the start. In the prologue to Saraband, which was made for Swedish television, Marianne (Liv Ullmann) recounts the changes that have taken place since Scenes From a Marriage, the miniseries-turned-feature that introduced the central couple. Johan (Erland Josephson) has retired from academia, while she continues to practice family law. Since splitting up for good, they haven't seen each other in over 30 years. Marianne decides it's time to reconnect and makes plans to visit Johan at his remote cottage. While they catch up, she gets to know his estranged son, Henrik (Börje Ahlstedt), and beloved granddaughter, Karin (Julia Dufvenius), who are staying in the guest house. Both are still reeling from the death of Henrik's wife, Anna, two years ago. Although she never appears--she's represented by a portrait of Bergman's late wife, Ingrid, to whom the film is dedicated--Anna's ghost haunts them all (even Marianne, who never knew her). Divided into 10 parts plus the prologue and epilogue, Saraband looks more like a play than a film, which is not necessarily a drawback (it's in keeping with the "scenes" of the original series). The focus is on the characters and their words. They could be anywhere at any time; their problems are personal yet universal. For two hours, the outside world does not exist. In the complete universe Bergman has created for them, it doesn't need to. As much a love letter to his wife as to his muse, Ullmann--who has rarely been better--Bergman has stated that Saraband will be his final work. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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