''Sunday's Children'' ( sv, Söndagsbarn) is a 1992 Swedish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Daniel Bergman Daniel Sebastian Bergman (; born 7 September 1962) is a Swedish film director. He is the son of Ingmar Bergman and Käbi Laretei. As a child, Bergman appeared in a 1967 Swedish program called ''Stimulantia'', which consisted of eight episodes, ...

and written by Ingmar Bergman. At the

28th Guldbagge Awards The 28th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1992, and took place on 1 March 1993. ''House of Angels'' directed by Colin Nutley was presented with the award for Best Film. Winne ...

the film won the award for Best Cinematography (

Tony Forsberg Tony Forsberg (born 13 August 1933) is a Swedish cinematographer. At the 28th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Cinematography for the film '' Sunday's Children''. He has worked on more than 60 films and television shows between 1955 ...

) and

Thommy Berggren Thommy Berggren, né Tommy William Berggren (born 12 August 1937) is a Swedish actor. He is known for having starred in several films directed by Bo Widerberg, and was often considered one of the foremost Swedish film and theatre actors from t ...

was nominated for Best Actor. Ingmar based his screenplay for ''Sunday's Children'' on the life of his father,

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minister

Erik Bergman Erik Valdemar Bergman (24 November 1911, in Nykarleby – 24 April 2006, in Helsinki) was a composer of classical music from Finland. Bergman's style ranged widely, from Romanticism in his early works (many of which he later prohibited from bei ...

. Author Geoffrey MacNab wrote that whereas Ingmar's recollections of Erik are damning in his 1982 film ''

Fanny and Alexander ''Fanny and Alexander'' ( sv, Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. ...

'', his 1991–92 study of his father is "far more forgiving" in ''

The Best Intentions ''The Best Intentions'' ( sv, Den goda viljan) is a 1992 Swedish drama film directed by Bille August and written by Ingmar Bergman. It is semi-autobiographical, telling the story of the complex relationship between Bergman's parents, Erik Bergm ...

'' and ''Sunday's Children''. Critic Vincent Canby also identified ''Sunday's Children'' as "a continuation" of ''Fanny and Alexander'' and ''The Best Intentions''.

Cast

Year-end lists

* 6th – Peter Rainer, ''

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'' * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Jimmy Fowler, ''

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'' * Top 10 (not ranked) – Howie Movshovitz, ''

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References

External links

* 1992 films 1992 drama films Swedish drama films Films with screenplays by Ingmar Bergman 1990s Swedish-language films 1990s Swedish films {{1990s-Sweden-film-stub