''Sunday's Children'' () is a 1992 Swedish

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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,

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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, ''

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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

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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 {{1990s-Sweden-film-stub