An Ingmar Bergman film is within the works from SF Studios, with Robert Gustafsson (The 100 12 months-Previous Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared) enjoying the celebrated Swedish auteur.
The as-yet-untitled film, revealed on day three of Cannes, is a political thriller set through the Swedish election yr of 1976, when Bergman is arrested by the police suspected of significant tax evasion within the midst of the receptions for Strindberg’s The Dance of Demise on the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. The private disaster shortly turns into a actuality for Bergman, as does the psychological breakdown, and the director finds himself in a Kafkaesque state, the place tradition is finally pitted in opposition to politics, with Bergman on one facet and the political institution on the opposite.
Bergman, who died in 2007, is one in every of Sweden’s greatest identified administrators, with well-known works together with The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries and Fanny and Alexander.
SF has acquired the Nordic distribution rights to the movie with the principal capturing by Beret Movie deliberate for 2025.
“We’re not superb at telling our personal story as a nation in Sweden—about who we had been and what has formed us,” mentioned Yaba Holst, Head of Nordic Acquisition, SF Studios. “The occasions of that point, when the welfare state burst in its personal excellence and a world-renowned cultural determine grew to become as weak as a thief in jail, make for a surprisingly suspenseful and charming story. We’re excited to share this historic gem with the moviegoing public.”