Autumn Sonata is a 1978 film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and starring Ingrid Bergman (in her final film role), Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman. Its plot follows a celebrated classical pianist and her neglected daughter who meet for the first time in years, and chronicles their painful discussions of how they have hurt each other. It was the only collaboration between Ingrid Bergman and Ingmar Bergman (who were not related).Autumn Sonata was the last of Ingmar Bergman's films to be made for theatrical exhibition; all of his films made after it, even those screened in theatres, were television productions.

Plot

Eva, the wife of Viktor, the village pastor, invites her mother Charlotte for a visit to her rural home after seven years of separation. Charlotte is a world-renowned pianist, aging and eccentric, who has survived several husbands or partners and lived a cosmopolitan life. Eva, though less artistically gifted than her mother — despite having written two books and playing the piano competently — takes pride in her quieter existence as a wife, mother and care-giver. She looks after her disabled sister, Helena, whom she brought home from the hospital.