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Autumn Sonata
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #220
- IMDb #275
- Rotten Tomatoes #756
- Letterboxd #20
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1602
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #379
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 76, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A renowned concert pianist visits her estranged daughter after many years apart. The long-awaited reunion quickly becomes a painful and intimate confrontation. Over a long night, the daughter expresses a lifetime of repressed resentments and sorrow, accusing her mother of emotional neglect. The mother is forced to listen to the consequences of her artistic ambitions and absentee parenting, leading to a raw examination of their relationship.
Details
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Writer
- Ingmar Bergman
- Studio
- Suede Film, Personafilm, ITC Entertainment
- Released
- 8 October 1978
- Country
- Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom
- Language
- Swedish, English
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 10 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →1 major award won · 10 wins from 16 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1978 | Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Academy Awards 1979 | Best Actress | Ingrid Bergman | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1979 | Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) | Ingmar Bergman | Nominee |
| César Awards 1979 | Best Foreign Film | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1978 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ingrid Bergman | Nominee |
| Bodil Awards 1979 | Best Non-American Film | Winner | |
| David di Donatello Awards 1979 | Best Foreign Actress | Ingrid Bergman & Liv Ullmann | Winner |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards 1979 | Best Foreign Director | Ingmar Bergman | Winner |
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16 awards — Autumn Sonata
×| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ingrid Bergman | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Ingrid Bergman | Nominee |
| Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) | Ingmar Bergman | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Ingrid Bergman | Winner |
| Best Director | Ingmar Bergman | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Top Foreign Language Film | Winner |
| Best Non-American Film | Winner |
| Best Foreign Actress | Ingrid Bergman & Liv Ullmann | Winner |
| Best Foreign Director | Ingmar Bergman | Winner |
| Best Actress | Ingrid Bergman | Winner |
| Best Actress | Ingrid Bergman | Winner |
| Best Actress | Ingrid Bergman | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Autumn Sonata | Nominee |