Autumn Sonata File

The story unfolds over a single night at a remote Swedish parsonage, where (Liv Ullmann), the wife of a local pastor, invites her estranged mother, Charlotte (Ingrid Bergman), for a visit after a seven-year absence [11, 16].

: Charlotte essentially "one-ups" her daughter, playing the piece with a harsh, unsentimental precision that illustrates her dominance and her lack of maternal empathy [3, 6, 18]. Autumn Sonata

: While Ingrid Bergman was coached for the role, the actual piano performance in the film was played by Käbi Laretei , Ingmar Bergman's former wife [31]. Production Highlights The story unfolds over a single night at

: Cinematographer Sven Nykvist used a "wan and washed out" palette of browns, reds, and off-whites to evoke an autumnal sense of decay and transition [7, 24, 27]. Production Highlights : Cinematographer Sven Nykvist used a