Autumn Sonata

The past is a sensitive, painful place that is better left untouched, since it can start to bleed at any time. Eva, an older woman with a tidy life, succumbs to sentimental temptation and decides to visit her mother, a woman she hasn't seen in many years. Her mother is a world-class pianist, a star whose face adorns posters, but with this, she is incorrigibly, even pathologically egotistical. Although their meeting starts out cordially enough, it turns into an extremely unpleasant conversation filled with mutual accusations. Words are spoken that make it impossible to keep up the pretense that this is a healthy relationship. Bergman's Autumn Sonata is a minimalistic drama overloaded with negative emotions. The film features an acting duel between two cinematic icons, Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Bergman-in the case of Bergman, this was her last role on the big screen.