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  • Fanny and Alexander
  • Opened June 17, 1983 | Runtime:3 hr. 8 min.
  • R
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. Read More
  • As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny (Pernilla Allwin) and Alexander (Bertil Guve) 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 Read More
  • Cast: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wållgren, Börje Ahlstedt, Allan Edwall
  • Director: Ingmar Bergman
  • Genres: Period Film, Reunion Films, Drama, Family Drama, Childhood Drama

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  • 100
    Boston Globe |

    One of his (Bergman's) most life-affirming films.

  • 100
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Wilmington

    If the uncut Fanny and Alexander is Bergman's greatest work, as I think, it's...

  • 100
    Chicago Reader | Dave Kehr

    The result was one of Bergman's most haunting and suggestive films.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    A masterpiece.

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