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Scener ur ett äktenskap (1973)
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Ingmar Bergman (written by)
Release Date:
15 September 1974 (USA)
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Plot:
Follows the relationship of Marianne and Johan as they separate, engage in extramarital affairs, bond...
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Won Golden Globe.
Another 9 wins
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2 nominations
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(3 articles)
Holiday Preview: A Repertory Calendar
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Jay Dipietro's Top Ten Films of All Time
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(From IFC. 3 November 2009, 1:01 PM, PST)
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Marriage Is Dead, Long Live Love
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Liv Ullmann | ... | Marianne | |
| Erland Josephson | ... | Johan | |
| Bibi Andersson | ... | Katarina | |
| Jan Malmsjö | ... | Peter | |
| Gunnel Lindblom | ... | Eva | |
| Anita Wall | ... | Fru Palm | |
| Barbro Hiort af Ornäs | ... | Fru Jacobi | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Lena Bergman | ... | Karin, syster till Eva | |
| Wenche Foss | ... | Modern | |
| Rossana Mariano | ... | Eva, 12 år | |
| Bertil Norström | ... | Arne | |
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Scenes from a Marriage (USA)
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167 min | Sweden:299 min (TV version)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Argentina:16 |
Finland:K-11 (TV version) (2003) (DVD) |
Finland:K-12 (theatrical version) (1981) |
Netherlands:16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG |
West Germany:16 |
UK:AA |
UK:15 (video rating) (1986)
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Ingmar Bergman has given options to the actors and crews to choose between receiving salary or percentage share from the TV series profit. Liv Ullmann chose salary since the earlier movie Viskningar och rop (1972) of Bergwan was financial failure, while Erland Josephson and other crews chose percentage share. Scener ur ett äktenskap (1973) ended up being internationally popular and financially successful. and according to the interview with Liv Ullmann, this was one of the things she regretted in her life.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Skydivers (#7.9)" (1994)
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I used to think that I knew a thing or two about marriage having been married for as long as I have but nothing from my experience had prepared me for the merciless and deep dissection of Marriage: Bergman Style. When we meet Johan and Marianne for the first time, they have been happily (or so it seems) married for ten years. They have two daughters; they are still young, very attractive, healthy, educated, well off, and they seem to love each other very much. But Bergman is not interested in happy families all happy families are happy in the similar ways. Like Tolstoy many years before him, Bergman explores the second part of the formula All unhappy families are unhappy in their unique ways.
Bergman and his leading actors Liv Ullmann and Arland Josephson give one of the most truthful, honest, heartbreaking and credible portraits of a couple, one of the most intense character studies ever done on film. For five hours, we share twenty years from the lives of Johan and Marianne as well as their love, hate, misunderstandings, insecurities, anger, jealousy, denial, sadness, pain, despair, and loss. We witness the moments of incredible tenderness and unexpected and shocking violence, both physical and mental. There are no depth that they have not descended in the search of themselves and the meaning of their relationship.
There are actually four marriages Bergman studies in "Scenes from a Marriage" none of them is happy, all are miserable. Bergman does not deny the possibility of finding a soul mate but his opinion on the modern marriage is quite pessimistic.
It felt like Bergman was saying - marriage is dead, long live love. For hours after the film was over, I could not shake off the sadness and pessimism of it. Only later I realized that even if four marriages in Bergman's film were disastrous, it does not necessarily mean that all couples in the world are or have to be that miserable. Bergman wrote and directed Scenes from a Marriage in 1973 when he was in his 5-th marriage, the one that would last for 24 years until his wife died. He brought in the screenplay (I think so but I may be wrong) the bitterness, resentment, anger and disappointments from his previous four marriages - maybe that's why the film is sometimes almost impossible to watch?
"Scenes from a Marriage" is a masterpiece but it may leave you devastated and emotionally exhausted. I watched the original 5-hours TV version and did not even bother with three hours version. 10/10