The Movie Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman), lays a lot of focus on questioning religion and art. Religion and art are portrayed mainly through the conflicts between the family households in the movie. In this paper I am going to be analyzing the dynamics of the two main family households, the Ekdahls and the Bishop’s. I will be looking at how the families are represented cinematically—what the contrasts are within the different aspects of mise-en-scene, the characters’ stories and the acting. What do the families have in common, and what makes them so different from each other?
I’ll start by describing the two main households, the Ekdahls’ and The Bishop’s. The Ekdahls consist of Fanny and Alexander, their grandmother Helen, her three
I’ll start by describing the two main households, the Ekdahls’ and The Bishop’s. The Ekdahls consist of Fanny and Alexander, their grandmother Helen, her three