''Sunday's Children'' () is a 1992 Swedish
drama film
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directed by
Daniel Bergman and written by
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...
. At the
28th Guldbagge Awards the film won the award for
Best Cinematography (
Tony Forsberg) and
Thommy Berggren was nominated for
Best Actor.
Ingmar based his screenplay for ''Sunday's Children'' on the life of his father,
Church of Sweden
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minister
Erik Bergman
Erik Valdemar Bergman (24 November 1911 – 24 April 2006) was a composer of european classical music, classical music from Finland.
Bergman's style ranged widely, from Romanticism in his early works (many of which he later prohibited from bein ...
. Author Geoffrey MacNab wrote that whereas Ingmar's recollections of Erik are damning in his 1982 film ''
Fanny and Alexander
''Fanny and Alexander'' () is a 1982 Historical drama, 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. Follow ...
'', his 1991–92 study of his father is "far more forgiving" in ''
The Best Intentions'' 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, ''
Los Angeles Times
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''
* Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Jimmy Fowler, ''
Dallas Observer
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''
* Top 10 (not ranked) – Howie Movshovitz, ''
The Denver Post
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References
External links
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1992 films
1992 drama films
Swedish drama films
Films with screenplays by Ingmar Bergman
1990s Swedish-language films
1990s Swedish films
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