Storyline

It's the early twentieth century Sweden. Adolescent siblings Alexander and Fanny Ekdahl lead a relatively joyous and exuberant life with their well-off extended paternal family, led by the family matriarch, their grandmother, Helena Ekdahl. The openness of the family culture is exemplified by Helena's now deceased husband ending up becoming best friends with one of her lovers, a Jewish puppet maker named Isak Jacobi, and their Uncle Gustav Adolf's open liaison with one of the family maids, Maj, who everyone in the family adores, even Gustav Adolf's wife, Alma. Between the siblings, Alexander in particular has inherited the family's love of storytelling, his parents and his grandmother who are actors and who manage their own theater. Things change for Alexander and Fanny when their father, Oscar, dies shortly after Christmas 1907. Although she truly does believe she loves him, the children's mother, Emilie, decides to marry Bishop Edvard Vergérus, who she first met as the officiate at ...

Plot Keywords

domestic violence, grief, marriage of convenience, abusive stepfather, brother brother relationship, domestic servant, family gathering, beating, emotional abuse, child abuse, brother sister relationship, ghost, turn of the century, death of father, family relationships, spanking, extramarital affair, bishop, christmas, theater

Short Review

In "Fanny and Alexander," Ingmar Bergman has put the magic back into his lantern.

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