![]() Charlotte's selfishness is also very powerfully conveyed as is Eva's sense of resentment, while the scene that moved me most was the two at the piano. The script is mostly thought-provoking and the story, which is essentially a study of guarded emotion, resentment and regret, has the Bergman darkness and harrowing moments like with the sister with the horrible degenerative disease and the drowned toddler. The music is beautiful and haunting, I have to say as a life-long fan of classical music that the use of the Chopin prelude is one of the finest uses of classical music in film to me. As ever with Bergman, it is wonderfully photographed(by none other than Sven Nykvist) and directed, and it has some lovely scenery too. This said, apart from an occasional over-load of speeches that come across as too theatrical, Autumn Sonata is still a remarkably good film. I did find The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Fanny and Alexander, Cries and Whispers and Persona even better. Her husband will publish it posthumously.Autumn Sonata was a movie that did move me a lot, but I'd hesitate in calling it one of Ingmar Bergman's best. Mira also taught at the liberal arts and science department of the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. She published a book of essays (“The Closing Sale”) and her play “Till Death Do Us Part” was produced in Belgrade, directed by the acclaimed European actor Miki Manojlovic. Slamnig’s Orchestra”, “Songs From Movies That Haven’t Been Made” and “Be Five”). Markovic, and the international omnibus film “Don’t Forget Me Istanbul”. She also starred in the Oscar winner Danis Tanovic’s movie “Circus Columbia”, as well as in other European movies, such as “The Tour”, directed by G. At her death she was a part of “Excercising Life”, a new production at the CNT in Rijeka. Recently she starred as Cassandra in an adaptation of Christa Wolf’s novel “Cassandra” and as Charlotte in Bergman’s “An Autumn Sonata” at the Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka. Recently she had a recurring role in the Amazon TV series “Just Add Magic” and played opposite Judd Hirsch in the film “Burn at Both Ends”.Īfter 10 years Mira returned to her native Croatia, playing the title role in “Medea” at the Ulysses theatre. She also performed on stage (Yerma in Lorca’s “Yerma”, the title role in “Antigone” – Dramalogue award for best performance, Tanya in Lipkin’s “Cranes”, directed by Scott Eliott in New York). In the US Mira is best known for her work as Ambassador Delenn in the award winning science fiction TV show “Babylon 5” (Sci-Fi Universe award for best supporting role in science fiction) and as Danielle Rousseau on the hit TV show “Lost”. ![]() She also performed in other theaters across the country (Ophelia in “Hamlet” at the International Theater Festival in Dubrovnik, “Isabelle” in Corneille’s “Theatrical Illusions” at the Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade). ![]() She was a member of the Croatian National Theater (favorite roles include Natalya in Turgenev’s “A Month in the Country”, Judith in Shaw’s “Devil’s Disciple” and Celimene in Moliere’s “Misantrope”). She received all the highest honors for her work in film (two Golden Arenas – Yugoslav Oscars – for “Cyclops” and “Beauty of Sin”), as well as for her work in theatre. In her native country, she starred in over 40 movies, including the Cannes Golden Palm winner “When Father Was Away On Business”, directed by E. We will all continue to celebrate her life and legacy, and know she’ll always be here with us.Ī leading actress of film, theater and TV in the former Yugoslavia, Mira Furlan emigrated to the US at the outbreak of the war of the nineties for political reasons. She died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles, surrounded by her family. She was a woman full of kindness, strength and compassion. Sadly, Mira Furlan died on Wednesday, 20 January 2021, due to complications with West Nile Virus.
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