Autumn Sonata story
Autumn Sonata (Swedish: Höstsonaten, German: Herbstsonate) is a 1978 drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and starring Ingrid Bergman (in her final film role), Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman. Its plot follows a celebrated classical pianist and her neglected daughter who meet for the first time in years, and chronicles their painful discussions of how they have hurt one another.
13 total · 3 choice · 6 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| neglectful parent | choice | remorse the story centered around Charlotte having neglected her family, perhaps contributing to her daughter Helena's paralysis as Eva accused her of |
| remorse | choice | the story centered around Charlotte's feelings of guilt for having neglected her family (and continuing to do so), perhaps contributing to her daughter Helena's paralysis |
| resentment | choice | central to the story was Eva's feeling of resentment for all her mother had or had not done throughout Eva's childhood |
| coping with the death of a child | major | We understand that Eva's resentment of her mother was bound up with the fact that her four year old son had died. |
| husband and wife | major | Viktor and Eva |
| mother and daughter | major | Charlotte, Eva, Helena |
| parental disappointment in a child | major | Eva felt that Charlotte was perpetually disappointed in her, perhaps with some cause. |
| parenting a physically disabled child | major | we understand that Helena's condition was part of the reason Charlotte choose to distance herself from her family |
| sister and sister | major | Eva and Helena |
| coping with aging | minor | Charlotte felt her years after her husband had died, and said so on several occasions |