1886, a young Jew Sofie lives in Copenhagen with her loving parents. She is nearly 29, with no marital prospects. An artist, Hans Hojby, meets Sofie and is entranced, asking to paint her parents and also sketching her. She responds, but he’s not Jewish, and the family reacts by encouraging a marriage to Jonas, a homely draper. Sofie accepts this plan, accompanying her new husband to his town and bearing a son. As he withdraws in mental illness, Sofie begins an affair with his brother, and later returns to live with her parents. A confrontation with Hojby is inevitable as is her son’s growing into adulthood and forming his own ideas about religion.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 2 hr. 32 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 1992
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Liv Ulmann
- Screenplay
- Peter Poulsen, Liv Ullmann, Henri Nathansen
- Cinematography
- Jörgen Persson
- Cast
- Karen-Lise Mynster, Ghita Nørby, Erland Josephson, Jesper Christensen, Torben Zeller
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Best Costume Design, Best Make-Up, Best Production Design, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress
- Most Popular Film, Special Jury Prize, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.
Director
Liv Ulmann
Liv Ullmann was born in 1938. At the age of sixteen, she dropped out of school and went to London to study acting. She played at different theatres and in several Norwegian films. Liv Ullmann became internationally famous in the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, including Persona, The Passion of Anna, Cries and Whispers, Scenes from a Marriage and Autumn Sonata. Since 1980, Liv Ullmann has been a UNICEF Goodwill-ambassador. Liv Ullmann has started career as a script writer as well as film and stage play director. She had her debut with Sofie in 1992. Liv Ullmann’s latest films as a director are Private Confessions from 1996 and Faithless from 2000, Swedish productions based on scripts by Ingmar Bergman.
