About the book: 1985 / Reproduced from the publication: Bergman on Bergman. Ingmar Bergman on theater and cinema. M.: Raduga, 1985. After the unexpected death of the father of ten-year-old Alexander and his sister Fanny, their mother marries a pastor. From the chaotic, bright world of open feelings, children find themselves in the pharisaical, stuffy world of scholastically understood religious dogmas... The story of the Ekdahl family, seen through the eyes of two children - sister and brother Fanny and Alexander. As long as the family is united and inseparable, the children are happy and can indulge in wonderful dreams without fear. With the loss of loved ones, a feeling of bitterness and hostility towards the world grows in them. But where Fanny tries to preserve a pure soul, Alexander withdraws into a dark and cruel inner world…