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FARO (Sweden), July 12 – Endless winters, sparse pines coming out of sterile soil, few sheep and even fewer people: the Faro Baltic island no. is not only a natural setting for Ingmar Bergman, but his
The Swedish filmmaker, who would have been 100 years old on July 14, died on July 30, 2007.
Here on this rocky island, where fishermen and peasants settled centuries ago, Bergman is buried to his wife Ingrid von Rosen on a site that has become a place of pilgrimage for his admirers.
The director was already a star of international renown when he first explored Faro in 1960 trying to find a place for Through a dark glass .
There he discovered pebble beaches, rock formations, peat bogs and meager pastures, harbors, church and lighthouse on the island
. he wrote about Faro's exploration which lies just o from the northern tip of Gotland, the largest island in Sweden, extends over 110 square kilometers (about 42 square miles).
Until 1998, Faro was forbidden to foreigners as a protected military zone
. , Bergman. It corresponds to your most intimate imaginations of shapes, proportions, colors, horizons, sounds, silences, lights and reflections, "he writes in his autobiography, Magic Lantern . Through a dark glass that won an Oscar in the best foreign language film category, Bergman filmed Persona (1966), Shame (1968) , The Passion of Anna (1969) and Scenes of a Marriage (1973) on Faro
He also directed two documentaries, paying tribute to the workers that he used to his estate, which would also install trolley rails to track blows and play extras. Some well remember the napalm fires set up to represent the horrors of war in The Passion of Anna .
According to a piece of local knowledge, Bergman paid well, so when visitors asked where his house was, faithful islanders would usually point in the opposite direction.
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When Bergman discovered the beach at Hammars in 1966 while filming Persona he decided to build a one-storey house in the area
He spent several years there with Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann, who later spoke of her memories of dark winters while Bergman isolated
. He also bought a barn and a stable that he turned into a private cinema.
There, he transported film reels from Stockholm, including several of his favorite works – among them Molière (1978) by French director Ariane Mnouchkine and Jacques Becker Golden Helmet (1952) as well as a series of classics by Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton
Several years after the death of Bergman's fifth and last wife, Ingrid, in 1995, he sold his apartment in Stockholm . , moving permanently to Faro in 2003.
Son of a Lutheran priest, Bergman met a local pastor, Agneta Soderdahl, whom he described as having a beautiful voice
"He said to me:" You can sing well, but not very well, "she told AFP while laughing at the memory while she was standing there. exterior of the only church on the island
describing Bergman as a "skeptical believer." the education of children of the "condemnation, punishment and morality" religious who left an imprint on all his
His tombstone is now under the trees of the only cemetery on the island, a little distant from the other inhabitants that he learned I loved him back
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In a documentary, he predicts a slow decline in the island population while the amount of fish and seals di
while the locals thought him pessimistic, "the future proved it right," says Kerstin Kalstrom, housekeeper of Bergman's properties.
"Farmers sell their land to wealthy tourists and land becomes too expensive for young people."
But hope is not lost, she smiles: four births in 2018! "
With less than 500 people living there year-round, tourism has become vital to Faro, which is not negligible for Bergman.
Thousands of visitors come every summer for visit the Bergman Center, a cultural association created in 2009 to focus on its life and achievements
Every year in June, it hosts the "Bergman Week" where visitors watch projections or performances, listen to a reading or attend a lecture on his work in an event that h as guests such as the American actor Willem Dafoe and the German filmmaker Wim Wenders.
There is also the "Bergman safari" exploring his filming locations, including part of a reconstructed ensemble of Persona
.the massive house at Hammars Beach was turned into a residence for artists
Next month, the French director Danish Mia H Ansen-Love will begin making his own film entitled Bergman Island which was inspired by his residence at the artist's home. – AFP-Relaxnews
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