This series, you may have guessed, is Scenes from married life, by Ingmar Bergman. Six episodes that explore the disintegration of the marriage between Marianne (Liv Ullmann), a divorce lawyer, and Johan (Erland Josephson), a psychology professor. The feature film of the same name is a condensed retelling of the series.
“It’s still super current,” assures Chiara Piazzesi, who also suggests watching two adaptations, released on screens in 2021.
The first, written and directed by Hagai Levi (The Affair), under the same title, Scenes from married life, was produced for HBO, starring Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac. Nearly 50 years later, she re-examines the representation of love, desire, monogamy, marriage and separation.
The second is the third season of the series Master of None, on Netflix, directed by actor and comedian Aziz Ansari, with Lena Waithe. “It’s a bit the same story, but with a lesbian couple,” explains M.me Piazzesi. It’s super interesting. We see couples in the daily challenges of communication. Why does it fail? What’s not working? »
Dubbed into French, the series Scene from married life, directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1973, is available on AppleTV+ and Prime Video. The 2021 adaptation, by Hagai Levi, is also available – notably in French – on AppleTV+, on Prime Video as well as on the Crave platform (subscription required). Series Master of Nonealso available in French, is available on Netflix (subscription required).