Mai Zetterling: Amorosa

Showings

Grand Illusion Cinema Sun, Aug 14, 2022 4:00 PM
Grand Illusion Cinema Tue, Aug 16, 2022 7:30 PM
Film Info
Release Year:1986
Genre:Drama
Production Country:Sweden
Original Language:Italian
Swedish
Format:DCP
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Mai Zetterling
Cast:Stina Ekblad
Erland Josephson
Philip Zandén
Lena T. Hansson
Peter Schildt
Screenwriter:Mai Zetterling

Description

Part of DIRECTED BY MAI ZETTERLING, four new restorations by the Swedish actor and director, famed for her collaborations with Ingmar Bergman, Nicolas Roeg, and Ken Loach. Co-presented with the National Nordic Museum.

Zetterling’s directorial career came full circle with her final feature: whereas her first, Loving Couples, was adapted from a novel cycle by Agnes von Krusenstjerna, Amorosa offers a study of the author’s controversial life. As portrayed by Stina Ekblad in a bravura performance, Krusenstjerna establishes a place in literature at odds with the conventions of the early twentieth century, when depictions of female sexuality were taboo. Earning plaudits and censure, Krusenstjerna’s work scandalizes a Swedish society adapting to new ideas about freedom of expression and women’s rights. Meanwhile, the writer alienates her aristocratic family and descends into mental illness under the dubious care of her husband and literary executor, David Sprengel (Erland Josephson).