Complete credited cast: | |||
Alicia Vikander | ... | Ingrid Bergman (voice) | |
Ingrid Bergman | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Pia Lindström | ... | Self | |
Roberto Rossellini | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Isotta Rossellini | ... | Self (as Ingrid Rossellini) | |
Isabella Rossellini | ... | Self | |
Fiorella Mariani | ... | Self | |
Sigourney Weaver | ... | Self | |
Liv Ullmann | ... | Self | |
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Jeanine Basinger | ... | Self |
In spring 2011, director Stig Björkman meets Ingrid Bergman's daughter Isabella Rossellini and she suggests him to "make a film about Mama". Through Isabella, Stig is able to tell Ingrid's story through her own words and images. Seven time Academy Award-nominee and three time Academy Award-winner Ingrid Bergman was one of the most talented actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age with great performances in films such as CASABLANCA (1942), GASLIGHT (1944) and and AUTUMN SONATA (1978). Through never-before-seen private footage, notes, letters, diaries and interviews with her children, this documentary presents a personal portrait and captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.
Icon is becoming an almost useless word. Therefore, it's good Stig Björkman puts his focus on Ingrid Bergman as a human, and let's face it, how many of her pictures are interesting today, except Autumn Sonata by Ingmar Bergman? Casablanca is a Bogart movie.
Many amateur clips. Her children talks about her mostly being somewhere else. The only one who shows some bitterness between the lines is the son.
But anyway this Stig Björkman focus doesn't really have the potential to make us something more than shallow watchers. A rather entertaining story, but the entertainment isn't enough. You miss the analysis.