A recently widowed cellist takes his 19-year old daughter as a pupil. His estranged father lives near him and they hate each other. The daughter begins to feel suffocated by her father's possessiveness. Her grandfather's ex-wife comes to visit.
There was a soapish side to Bergman which began to become more evident in his later period. His statement of admiration for the TV show "Dallas" reveals beyond a doubt this side of his artistic personality. In Saraband, this is the only side of him we see. It is obviously better made than the average TV soap opera, but it is a soap opera nonetheless.
Rating: 45
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