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Saraband Reviews

2003

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Reuniting the cast of "Scenes from a Marriage" (1973), the film details the relationship between Marianne and her ex-husband JOhan, whom she visits after 30 years. Before long she finds herself embroiled in a family feud stemmed by the hatred a son has for his father... Read more

Starring	Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Borje Ahlstedt, Julia Dufvenius
Director	Ingmar Bergman, Ingmar Bergman
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Saraband is the acclaimed follow-up to the Golden Globe-winning Best Foreign Film ?Scenes From a Marriage?, reuniting the same cast thirty years later. read more »
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  First class production
  
  One has to have watched Scenes From A Marriage before seeing Saraband. Not that Saraband cannot be appreciated on its own, but for the sake of continuity, one ... read more »
  
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  - Charlie Mok
  - York, England
  - 09 Mar 2006 at 02:10
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  A film which revolves around 4 related main characters exploring the relationships an elderly man has with his ex wife, son and grandaughter. Although it has ... read more »
  
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  - Leeds
  - 15 Sep 2009 at 21:59
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  Warm follow up
  
  This is a touching, warm follow up, but typically does not go anywhere fast.
  
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- - heatherf
  - 29 reviews
  - London
  - 02 Mar 2009 at 15:04
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  worthy but depressing
  
  worthy but not what I was expecting - this is a sequel to scenes from a marriage, which is on my list (30 years before) which I would like to have seen first. ... read more »
  
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- - whiterasta
  - 2 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 14 Feb 2009 at 17:37
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  Saraband
  
  Only in the movies can this happen, a bit too far fetched
  
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  - Sutton
  - 12 Aug 2008 at 11:57
- - 4
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  This chamber piece concludes Bergman's exploration of the pathology of human relationships. Johan (Erland Josephson) is a reclusive millionnaire who lives ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 4
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  Age rarely brings wisdom
  
  This is a film about people who have grown old without growing wise. A father and grandfather Johan, who despises his son and holds him in humiliating ... read more »
  
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- - sisyphus
  - 8 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 25 Jan 2008 at 21:25
- - 5
  - 9
  I didnt watch this
  
  I just wasnt in the mood to watch this so sent it back - but cant review without rating.
  
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  - Exeter, Devon Exngland
  - 15 Aug 2007 at 18:01
- - 6
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  Six Stars?
  
  What can you say about Bergman that has not already been uttered? Here in Saraband, a late made-for-tv work, he distills all the knowledge of a lifetime into a... read more »
  
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- - Michael McMullan
  - London, England
  - 26 May 2007 at 14:33
- - 14
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  First class production
  
  One has to have watched Scenes From A Marriage before seeing Saraband. Not that Saraband cannot be appreciated on its own, but for the sake of continuity, one ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 216304
- - Charlie Mok
  - York, England
  - 09 Mar 2006 at 02:10
View all members' reviews (9)

- - 14
  - 0
  First class production
  
  One has to have watched Scenes From A Marriage before seeing Saraband. Not that Saraband cannot be appreciated on its own, but for the sake of continuity, one ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 216304
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Charlie Mok
  - York, England
  - 09 Mar 2006 at 02:10
- - 6
  - 0
  Six Stars?
  
  What can you say about Bergman that has not already been uttered? Here in Saraband, a late made-for-tv work, he distills all the knowledge of a lifetime into a... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 443780
- - Michael McMullan
  - London, England
  - 26 May 2007 at 14:33
- - 4
  - 0
  Age rarely brings wisdom
  
  This is a film about people who have grown old without growing wise. A father and grandfather Johan, who despises his son and holds him in humiliating ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 517810
- - sisyphus
  - 8 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 25 Jan 2008 at 21:25
- - 4
  - 0
  Customer Review
  
  This chamber piece concludes Bergman's exploration of the pathology of human relationships. Johan (Erland Josephson) is a reclusive millionnaire who lives ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 582256
- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 1
  - 0
  Saraband
  
  Only in the movies can this happen, a bit too far fetched
  
  Report this review
- 612379
- - a customer
  - Sutton
  - 12 Aug 2008 at 11:57
- - 1
  - 0
  Warm follow up
  
  This is a touching, warm follow up, but typically does not go anywhere fast.
  
  Report this review
- 718775
- - heatherf
  - 29 reviews
  - London
  - 02 Mar 2009 at 15:04
- - 1
  - 0
  1
  
  A film which revolves around 4 related main characters exploring the relationships an elderly man has with his ex wife, son and grandaughter. Although it has ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 810984
- - a customer
  - Leeds
  - 15 Sep 2009 at 21:59
- - 0
  - 1
  worthy but depressing
  
  worthy but not what I was expecting - this is a sequel to scenes from a marriage, which is on my list (30 years before) which I would like to have seen first. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 708699
- - whiterasta
  - 2 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 14 Feb 2009 at 17:37
- - 5
  - 9
  I didnt watch this
  
  I just wasnt in the mood to watch this so sent it back - but cant review without rating.
  
  Report this review
- 466191
- - a customer
  - Exeter, Devon Exngland
  - 15 Aug 2007 at 18:01

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Critics' reviews
- Saraband is the acclaimed follow-up to the Golden Globe-winning Best Foreign Film ?Scenes From a Marriage?, reuniting the same cast thirty years later. read more »
- LOVEFiLM Review
  - Tom Charity
  - LOVEFiLM
- SARABAND is a commandingly restrained final composition and as the theme of classical musicianship suggests very much an affair of close attention to the nuances of performance
- 40312
- - Sight and Sound
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Ms. Ullman, now 65, and Mr. Josephson, 81, have a supreme mastery of the Bergman style. Their performances are spiritual and emotional X-rays.
- 40311
- - New York Times
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- A minimalist monument to the rusted complacency, howling resentment, and stubborn devotion bred by a long entanglement,... read more on Time Out
- 49108
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
- You feel the pull of Bergman's craft...
- 40310
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25

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  Reuniting the cast of "Scenes from a Marriage" (1973), the film details the relationship between Marianne and her ex-husband JOhan, whom she visits after 30 years. Before long she finds herself embroiled in a family feud stemmed by the hatred a son has for his father......