Click to play videoWidely regarded as one of the most important filmmakers that ever lived, Swedish director Ingmar Bergman found both bleakness and comedy, despair and hope in his masterful films that explored the human condition.
His repertoire of films includes such gems as The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries which are popularly considered masterpieces. But the film I want to recommend today is one of my favourite Bergman films, Autumn Sonata, the story of a neglectful pianist mother, played by Ingrid Bergman who after the death of her lover, pays a visit to the married daughter she hasn't seen for years played by Liv Ullman.
Legend has it that actress Ingrid Bergman reacted with shock when she first read the Autumn Sonata screenplay, in which the director described her character as a self-centred musician who had neglected her children in favour of her profession.
Eventually, however, her performance as Charlotte is so heart-warming and heart-breaking that by the end of the film you can't decide who your sympathies lie with between Charlotte and her daughter Eve.
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