SARABAND (DVD/WS 1.78 ANAMORPHIC/DSS/ENG-FR-PO-SUB) DVD

Saraband
As the final masterwork of Ingmar Bergman, the world's most revered cinematic craftsperson, Saraband (2003) embodies the sequel to the director's 5-hour Scenes from a Marriage, produced and directed 30 years after that original epic. Here, Bergman revisits the two characters from that film, divorcees Johan (Erland Josephson) and Marianne (Liv Ullmann), after years of estrangement from one another. Marianne now lives alone; of her two middle-aged daughters from the marriage to Johan, one lives in Australia, while the other suffered a mental breakdown. Marianne has contact with neither. After leafing through an assemblage of old photographs and waxing nostalgic, Marianne decides to revisit the now-wealthy Johan, who lives in the country with an adjoining cottage and two descendants: his 61-year-old widower son Henrik (Borje Ahlstedt of I Am Curious - Yellow) and Henrik's 19-year-old daughter, Karin (Julia Dufvenius). The relationships in Johan's family are broken and deeply dysfunctional; Johan resents Henrik, whom he perceives as worthless in every capacity other than fatherhood; Henrik resents Johan for his niggardly attitudes about his wealth; Karin feels bound by familial shackles and yearns to escape the confines of the life that ensnares her, ultimately hoping to move to the city and pursue her dream of becoming a cellist. Bergman uses the central narrative to examine how parents can damage one another by wielding the demands of their own selfish egos and refusing to grant joy and contentment to themselves or their children. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

Cast Liv Ullmann as Marianne Erland Josephson as Johan

Crew Inger Elvira Pehrson - Costume Designer Torbjorn Ehrnvall - First Assistant Director Ingmar Bergman - Director Sylvia Ingemarsson - Editor Pia Ehrnvall - Executive Producer Cecilia Drott-Norlen - Makeup P.O. Lantto - Camera Operator Sofi Stridh - Camera Operator Raymond Wemmenlov - Camera Operator Goran Wassberg - Set Designer Ingmar Bergman - Screenwriter

Saraband
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General Specifications: Language Options: Subtitle Options: English, French, Por Sound Processing: DDS2.0: Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels of sound from a 2-channel stereo mix. Additional Features: The Making-of Saraband DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1: Alternate Wide Screen MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 112 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- Saraband 1. Prologue [:10] 2. One - Marianne Puts Her Plan Into Action [2:37] 3. Two - Almost a Week Has Gone By [16:23] 4. Three - About Anna [16:40] 5. Four - A Week or So Later [8:56] 6. Five - Bach [8:36] 7. Six - An Offer [11:52] 8. Seven - The Letter From Anna [9:10] 9. Eight - Saraband [8:37] 10. Nine - Crucial Moment [11:06] 11. Ten - The Hour Before Dawn [4:39] 12. Epilogue [5:26]