Sofie
MovieTitle | Sofie |
User score | 4.3 |
Release date | Sep 25, 1992 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Liv Ullmann |
Production country | Sweden, Denmark, Norway |
Production companies | Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film Denmark, Norsk Film, SF Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet, Nordisk Film & TV Fond |
Run time | 152 min. |
Liv Ulmann's directorial debut also had her co-authoring the screenplay (with poet Peter Poulsen) as based on a Henri Nathansen's 1932 novel about an affluent late 19th century Jewish merchant family in Copenhagen. Ulmann focuses on strong-willed daughter Sofie's progress through life: a love affair with a gentile painter, an arranged marriage , childbirth and ever more fateful challenges.