Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- Swedish
- Country
- Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Swedish — subtitles on.
The story
After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional night, the pair reopen the wounds of the past. Charlotte gets another shock when she finds out that her mentally impaired daughter, Helena, is out of the asylum and living with Eva.
- loss of loved one
- marriage
- pianist
- invalid
- mother daughter reunion
- mother daughter relationship
- introspective
- intimate
- dramatic
- intense
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Marianne Aminoff — Charlotte's Private Secretary
- Arne Bang-Hansen — Uncle Otto
- Gunnar Björnstrand — Paul
- Erland Josephson — Josef
- Georg Løkkeberg — Leonardo
- Mimi Pollak — Piano Instructor
- Linn Ullmann — Young Eva
- Eva von Hanno — Nurse (uncredited)
- Knut Wigert — Professor (uncredited)
- Directed
- Ingmar Bergman
- Written
- Ingmar Bergman
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 725 ratings
- Studio
- Suede Film, Personafilm, ITC Entertainment
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