| After the Rehearsal | |
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| Written by | Ingmar Bergman |
| Directed by | Ingmar Bergman |
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| Country of origin | Sweden |
| Original language | Swedish |
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| Producer | Jörn Donner |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist |
| Running time | 70 min |
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| Release | 9 April 1984 |
After the Rehearsal (Swedish: Efter repetitionen) is a television film, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1984. The script contains numerous quotes from Strindberg's A Dream Play. The film was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot summary[edit]
Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Strindberg's A Dream Play. She talks of her hatred for her mother (now dead), an alcoholic actress who was Vogler's star and lover. Vogler falls into a reverie, remembering a day Anna's mother, Rakel, late in life, came after rehearsal to beg him to come to her apartment. He awakes and Anna reveals the reason she has returned: she jolts him into an emotional response, rare for him, and the feelings of a young woman and an older man play out.
Cast[edit]
- Erland Josephson – Henrik Vogler (older)
- Ingrid Thulin – Rakel Egerman
- Lena Olin – Anna Egerman (older)
- Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss – Anna Egerman (younger)
- Bertil Guve – Henrik Vogler (younger)
(Tartan DVD release of this film erroneously lists "Liv Ullmann" as one of the three main stars. Ullmann is not in this film)
Reception[edit]
After the Rehearsal received strongly positive reviews from critics, garnering a 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2] Vincent Canby wrote that it "may well be another Bergman classic."[3] Roger Ebert gave it a full four stars and argued that the work "consists of unadorned surfaces concealing fathomless depths."[4] The film ranked 4th on Cahiers du Cinéma's Top 10 Films of the Year List in 1985.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: After the Rehearsal". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
- ^ "After the Rehearsal (1984)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (21 June 1984). "Screen: Ingmar Bergman's 'After the Rehearsal'". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (1 January 1984). "After the Rehearsal Movie Review & Film Summary (1984)". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ Johnson, Eric C. "Cahiers du Cinema: Top Ten Lists 1951-2009". alumnus.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
External links[edit]
- After the Rehearsal at IMDb
- After the Rehearsal at the Swedish Film Institute Database
- "After the Rehearsal": an interpretation at the Cinemaven blog.
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