Fanny and Alexander

The story

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.

• #hopeful
• #dysfunctional family
• #loss of loved one
• #hamlet
• #20th century
• #dying and death
• #christmas
• #suspenseful
• #funeral
• #turn of the century
• #child abuse
• #harsh