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SWEDEN · 1982
Fanny and Alexander
Synopsis
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid E
Cinematic DNA
It's the ultimate film about imagination and how you survive through imagination. It's a key film for me. It's one of those films that every time I watch it, I take something else. In 'Pan's Labyrinth,' the whole opening, the whole way the girl's imagination works, is very much indebted to 'Fanny and Alexander'.
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Sweden · European Art Cinema
Films with Similar Themes
family dynamics · loss and grief · religious authority · childhood innocence · redemption through kinship
