Amorosa

Amorosa

1986 · 117 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama

About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna during the period of her marriage to David Sprengel. In the hallucinatory opening sequence she is brought in a straitjacket by her husband and two psychiatric nurses through the Venice Carnival nocturnal antics to a mental hospital in the city. With her is a manuscript of her autobiography, which she calls "her child". The book is Agnes showdown with her family, and in flashbacks presented, Agnes progress from the author of innocent girls' books to serious and self-consuming novelist.

Directed by Mai Zetterling · Written by Mai Zetterling

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Stina Ekblad Agnes von Krusenstjerna
Erland Josephson David Sprengel
Philip Zandén Adolf von Krusenstjerna
Lena T. Hansson Ava de Geer
Peter Schildt Gerhard Odencrantz
Catherine de Seynes Eva von Krusenstjerna
Olof Thunberg Ernst von Krusenstjerna
Börje Ahlstedt Joachin Rosenhjelm
Inga Gill Miss Tollen
Gösta Krantz Felix
Anita Björk Arvida
Heinz Hopf Doctor Iller

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