Winter Light – A Retrospective of Ingmar Bergman
On the occasion of its 10th retrospective, Metropolis teams up for the first time with the Sweden Embassy in Syria and the Swedish Institute to pay tribute to the famous director Ingmar Bergman: thirteen of its most acclaimed features will be screened at the Metropolis Empire Sofil Theater from the 2nd to the 12th of February 2012.
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The retrospective will open with Bergman’s last opus, Saraband (Nominated for the Best European Union Film, 2005 César Awards). Metropolis will also have the pleasure to present its greatest films, among which Autumn Sonata (Best Foreign Language Film, 1979 Golden Globes), Fanny and Alexander (Best Foreign Film, 1984 Golden Globes), and Wild Strawberries (Golden Bear, 1958 Berlin International Film Festival) starring Victor Sjöström, a pioneer of the Swedish cinema. The audience will also discover Bergman Island – A documentary on Ingmar Bergman- on the 3rd of February at 6 PM with the presence of the director : Marie Nyreröd .
Tickets : 5,000 L.L | Pass Festival : 30,000 L.L
FILMS
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Saraband ( Opening )
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 2nd of February at 8 PMAfter thirty years without contact Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband Johan again.
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Sommaren Med Monika | Summer With Monika
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 3rd of February at 8 PMSynopsis
Nineteen-year-old Harry and rebellious young Monika abandoned their jobs in Stockholm to spend the summer together on a remote i
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Bergman Island | Farö ( A documentary on Ingmar Bergman by Marie Nyreröd )
Directed by Marie Nyreröd On the 3rd of February with the presence of the Director : Marie Nyreröd at 6 PMSynopsis
After the completion of his final film Saraband in 2003 and just four years before his death, Ingmar Bergman sat down with Swedi
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Kvinnodröm | Dreams
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 4rth of February at 8 PMSynopsis
Susanne is a fashion photographer and owns a modeling agency in Stockholm.
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Gycklarnas Afton | Sawdust And Tinsel
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 4rth of February at 6 PMSynopsis
Albert returns to town with his traveling circus and attempts to get back his estranged wife Agda vainly.
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Smultronstället | Wild Strawberries
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 5th of February at 6 PMSynopsis
Professor Isak Borg, a bacteriology physician, goes on a car ride to receive an honorary award in Lund.
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Det Sjunde Insglet | The Seventh Seal
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 5th of February at 8 PMSynopsis
Disillusioned knight Antonius Block heads back to Sweden after fighting in the Crusades, only to discover that the plague is rav
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Tystnadent | The Silence
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 6th of February at 8 PMSynopsis
Anna is traveling with her son Johan and her elder sister Ester who feels badly sick.
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Persona
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 7th of February at 8 PMSynopsis
After a performance on stage, Swedish actress Elisabet Vogler becomes mute.
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Viskningar Och Rop | Cries and Wispers
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 8th of February at 8 PMSynopsis
In an isolated rural manor house, Agnes is laying on her deathbed waiting for her final hour.
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Trollflöjten | The Magic Flute
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 9th of February at 8 PMSynopsis
Anna is traveling with her son Johan and her elder sister Ester who feels badly sick.
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Hörbstsonate | Autumn Sonata
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 10th of February at 8 PMSynopsis
Charlotte, a famous musician, is visiting her daughter Eva whom she has neglected for years.
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Fanny Och Alexander | Fanny and Alexander
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 11th of February at 8 PMSynopsis
After the death of her husband, Emilie Ekdahl, a theater company owner
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Efter Repetitionen| After Rehearsal
Directed by Ingmar Bergman On the 12th of February at 8 PMSynopsis
Theater director Henrik Vogler is taking a break after a day of rehearsals for his fifth adaptation of Strindberg’s A Drea
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Cris et chuchotements suivi de Persona et Le Lien
By Ingmar BergmanContent
Il n’est pas nécessaire d’avoir vu les films de Bergman pour prendre plaisir à la lecture de ces scénarios dont l’histoire se
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Fanny et Alexandre
By Ingmar Bergman, Lucie Albertini, Carl Gustav BjurströmContent
C’est dans une atmosphère joyeuse que commence l’histoire.
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Laterna magica
By Ingmar BergmanContent
Lorsque Bergman jette, comme ici, un regard sur sa vie, c’est un homme profondément marqué par une éducation rigide et par
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