Laterna Magica

First published, the autobiography of Ingmar Bergman, one of the most famous and original directors of the 20th century, caused a wide resonance: no one expected such candor from the 69-year-old master. It contains everything about the director's youth, the technical difficulties and creative torments he faced while creating his early works. Memories of life bustling behind the scenes are interrupted by the artist's reflections on the essence of cinema, on theater, on relationships with women, on the meaning of life and the impossibility of happiness.