Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- Swedish
- Country
- Sweden
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Swedish — subtitles on.
The story
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
- adultery
- dreams
- nightmare
- faith
- identity
- professor
- journey in the past
- aging
- road trip
- kids
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jullan Kindahl — Agda
- Folke Sundquist — Anders
- Björn Bjelfvenstam — Viktor
- Naima Wifstrand — Isak's Mother
- Gunnel Broström — Mrs. Alman
- Gertrud Fridh — Karin, Isak's Wife
- Sif Ruud — Aunt Olga
- Gunnar Sjöberg — Alman
- Max von Sydow — Åkerman
- Åke Fridell — Wife's Lover
- Yngve Nordwall — Uncle Aron
- Directed
- Ingmar Bergman
- Written
- Ingmar Bergman
Production
- Studio
- SF Studios
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
