Reuniting the characters of Johan and Marianne three decades after "Scenes from a Marriage," "Saraband" follows Marianne’s visit to her reclusive ex-husband, where she finds him locked in a destructive conflict with his troubled son Henrik and Henrik’s musically gifted daughter Karin. Told as an intimate chamber drama, the film explores love, resentment, forgiveness, and the inescapable pull of family bonds.
Acting
Ullmann and Josephson's decades-long chemistry, now weaponized.
Direction
Bergman's swan song: stripped, merciless, late-night honest.
Sound
Bach's cello suites as emotional torture device.
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bergman shot this entirely on Fårö Island, his home and grave, using digital video for the first time in his career.
The title refers to a stately dance—fitting for a film where characters keep circling the same pain. Bergman called it his farewell letter.
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