In this drama written & directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ingmar Bergman Eva the meek seemingly complacent wife of a parson invites her mother Charlotte a world famous pianist to come for a visit hoping for a reconciliation after a long period of estrangement & virtually no interaction Instead long-repressed feelings of rage toward her mother for repeatedly abandoning her as a child begin to surface & finally culminate in a cathartic confrontation between the two women Liv Ullmann & Ingrid Bergman (in her final movie role) give excellent & emotionally charged performances as Eva & Charlotte