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Den Goda Viljan (The Best Intentions) (1992)

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Scripted (but not directed) by Ingmar Bergman, Best Intentions is a multilayered backwards glance at the courtship of Bergman's own parents. Henrik Bergman (Samuel Froler) is a struggling theology student in the year 1909. His intended, Anna Aakerbloom (Pernilla August, who married director Bille August while the film was in progress) is from a well-to-do family. Despite the expected class differences and personality clashes, love-or at least mutual understanding-prevails. But after a harsh,

PG-13, 3 hr. 2 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Oct 27, 1993

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Though Bergman only wrote (but didn't direct), the film is permeated with his unique angst and thematic concerns, and casting Pernilla August in a major role establishes strong link to Fanny and Alexander, in which she played the servant.

December 21, 2005 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Makes the point that marriage always brings spirituality down to earth with its focus on the all the effort that goes into making an intimate relationship work.

August 20, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
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