Autumn Sonata: Possessing the Ability to Love

Caden 2022-07-13 20:52:21

No ability to love is a real terminal illness compared with no intelligence or aesthetic ability. How much harm will such people do to those who truly love them and need them? In the end, Ava tells the camera word by word as if to wake up her mother, swearing and pleading with everyone who is watching. It seems to me that Bergman is taking the real responsibility of being a filmmaker seriously. He is sensitive to the emotional flaws and fears of people (this is his talent), and he uses the film to exaggerate the dramatic narrative (this is his ability), which is that he wants to make us understand through the film, make us stunned and change.

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Autumn Sonata quotes

  • Eva: But one thing I did understand: not a shred of the real me could be loved or accepted. I didn't dare to be myself even when I was alone because I hated what was my own.

  • Eva: I will never let you vanish out of my life again. I'm going to persist. I won't give up, even if it is too late. I don't think it is too late. It must not be too late.