Originally a six-part TV miniseries, Scenes from a Marriage was, in common with many later Bergman works, such as Face to Face and Fanny and Alexander, subsequently edited into a feature-length cinema version. Created in the era of second-wave feminism, amidst rising divorce rates, this piercing portrait of a disintegrating marriage, which takes a more direct approach to examining emotional and sexual relationships between professional middleclass people, struck a chord with many audiences. As Marianne and Johan, Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson have never been more tender, which makes their conflict all the more heartbreaking.

Notes by David O’Mahony.

This film screens as part of BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL: THE FILMS OF INGMAR BERGMAN.

See the full collection of films on IFI@Home, launching February 1st.