Searching for Ingmar Bergman

It's a piece both thorough and enchanting...a must for Bergman fans.

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Searching for Ingmar Bergman

On the 100th anniversary of his birth, internationally renowned director Margarethe von Trotta examines Ingmar Bergman’s life and work with a circle of his closest collaborators as well as a new generation of filmmakers. This documentary presents key components of his legacy, as it retraces themes that recurred in his life and art and takes us to the places that were central to Bergman’s creative achievements.

“Margarethe Von Trotta’s many personal connections to Ingmar Bergman lend a fresh, distinctive flavor to SEARCHING FOR INGMAR BERGMAN.” ~ Allan Hunter, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

“A valentine from one director to another. Evinces great appreciation for the writer-director's legacy and offers the testimonies of numerous eminent enthusiasts." ~ Todd McCarthy, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Bio-pic, Films & Filmmakers
Runtime
99
Language
Swedish, English, French
Director
Margarethe von Trotta, Bettina Böhler, Felix Moeller
Cast
Liv Ullmann, Olivier Assayas, Ruben Östlund, Mia Hansen-Løve, Carlos Saura, Margarethe von Trotta, Julia Dufvenius, Gaby Dohm, Katinka Faragó, Rita Russek, Björk
FEATURED REVIEW
Owen Gleiberman, Variety

It was more or less inevitable that the centenary of Ingmar Bergman (he was born on July 14, 1918) would be commemorated with a reverent film portrait of the legendary Swedish director’s life and work. But here’s how we’ve been lucky: The year has given us not one but two world-class, eye-and-mind ...

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