It's the early twentieth century Sweden. Adolescent siblings Alexander and Fanny Ekdahl lead a relatively joyous and exuberant life with their well-off extended paternal family, led by the family matriarch, their grandmother, Helena Ekdahl. The openness of the family culture is exemplified by Helena's now deceased husband ending up becoming best friends with one of her lovers, a Jewish puppet maker named Isak Jacobi, and their Uncle Gustav Adolf's open liaison with one of the family maids, Maj, who everyone in the family adores, even Gustav Adolf's wife, Alma. Between the siblings, Alexander in particular has inherited the family's love of storytelling, his parents and his grandmother who are actors and who manage their own theater. Things change for Alexander and Fanny when their father, Oscar, dies shortly after Christmas 1907. Although she truly does believe she loves him, the children's mother, Emilie, decides to marry Bishop Edvard Vergérus, who she first met as the officiate at Oscar's funeral. She also wants a father figure for the children. Going into the marriage, Emilie has inclinations that it will be a much different life than she had with the Ekdahls, but is not prepared for the harsh, austere and strict life Edvard rules with an iron fist. Emilie, Alexander and Fanny end up being prisoners in the bishop's stark and humorless house. As Alexander butts head with his stepfather and tries to learn how to keep to his own principles while obeying Edvard, Emilie tries to figure out a way to regain her and her children's own destiny, as Edvard will not consent to divorce, and her "desertion" in the eyes of the law means that Alexander and Fanny would become his wards. 312分钟的电视版本较之188分钟电影版本多出来的部分。一位老人静静离去 悼念伯格曼。《芬妮和亚里山大》 生命的呼喊 细雨的绽放。寻欢作乐者的结语与预言。《芳妮和亚历山大》电影剧本。上帝是否存在，以及为何沉默。。导演说。乱弹。10/10，伟大的电影：芬妮与亚历山大。我最喜欢的一部电影。 1907年圣诞，艾柯达家族两代人共享圣诞晚宴，其乐融融。可好景不长，小主人公亚历山大（伯特·格福Bertil Guve饰）和芬妮（妮拉·艾尔温Pernilla Allwin饰）的父亲奥斯卡（艾伦·艾德沃 Allan Edwall饰）在排练《哈姆雷特》时突然中风，弥留之际把苦心经营的大剧院托付给妻子艾米莉（艾娃·弗洛灵 Ewa Froling饰）。一年后艾米莉带着一双儿女改嫁冷酷残暴的青年主教爱德华。爱德华的母亲和姐姐专横刻薄，亚历山大与继父的矛盾日益尖锐，却只能默默忍受。当老祖母海伦娜（古娜·沃根Gunn Wallgren饰）得知此事后，暗中请老友帮忙，终让孩子们重获自由。艾米莉也逃离了主教家，从此一家人再次团聚享受着天伦之乐。 本片获得第56届奥斯卡最佳摄影、最佳艺术指导、最佳服装设计和最佳外语片等多项大奖。
