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Hamlet and the piss-God

Ivo van Hove directs Fanny and Alexander in Brussels (****) [live]

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Jos Hermans
Dec 07, 2024
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As a movie “Fanny och Alexander” was being slammed by some Ingmar Bergman experts at the time. I personally am more inclined to consider it his magnum opus. The film exists in two versions : a five-hour television version, first broadcast in Sweden on Christmas Eve of 1982 and a shorter in…

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