Fanny and Alexander

Fanny and Alexander Swedish Fanny och Alexander is a 1982 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden in the 1900s. It was originally conceived as a fourpart TV movie and cut in that version, spanning 312 minutes a 188minute cut version was created later for cinematic release, although this version was in fact the one to be released first. The TV version has since been released as a onepart film, and both versions have been shown in theaters throughout the world. The 312minute cut is one of the longest cinematic films in history.

Emilie initially expects that she will be able to carry over the lavish, joyful qualities of her previous home into the marriage, but realizes that Edvards harsh authoritarian policies are unshakable. The relationship between the bishop and Alexander is especially cold, as Alexander invents stories, for which Edvard punishes him severely. Edvard immediately confines the children to their bedroom. As a result, Emilie asks for a divorce, which Edvard will not consent to though she may desert the marriage, doing so would place the children in his custody, including the infant from her recent pregnancy. Meanwhile, the rest of the Ekdahl family has begun to worry about their condition. When Emilie secretly visits her former motherinlaw, Helena Gunn Wllgren, to explain what happened, their friend Isak Jacobi Erland Josephson, helps smuggle the children from the house. They live temporarily with Isak and his nephews in their store.Emilie, now in the later stages of her pregnancy, refuses to restore the children to the home. Edvard insists she do so. Emilie gives Edvard a large dosage of her sleeping pills. She explains to him, as he shows signs that the medication is working, that she intends to flee the home as he sleeps. He claims that he will follow her family from city to city and ruin their lives, then blacks out. After Emilie gets away, Edvards dying aunt knocks over a gas lamp, which sets her bedroom and nightgown on fire. She runs through the house in flames to Edvards room and falls on him. Despite the sedative, he is able to get her off him, but dies shortly thereafter. ........

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