Scenes from a Marriage
Drama, Romance
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1974
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Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizing their divorce, but they make attempts at reconciling. Even as they pursue other relationships, Johan and Marianne realize that they have a significant bond, but also many issues that hinder that connection.
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Details
Runtime:
169 min
Release date:
15 Sep 1974
Country:
SE
Languages:
Swedish
Budget:
$150,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award8 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The film is an uncompromisingly harrowing and honest account of male-female relationships.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
One of the truest, most luminous love stories ever made.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
It's a movie of such extraordinary intimacy that it has the effect of breaking into mysterious components many things we ordinarily accept without thought, familiar and banal objects, faces, attitudes, and emotions, especially love.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
Bergman's screenplay leaves nothing to the imagination and turns the film into a windy soap opera most of the time; what might have been a masterpiece in the TV original (although I doubt it) becomes in its truncated form mostly elegant mush.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000