1906. The Ekdali family spends Christmas Eve at the home of grandmother Helen. We observe the joyous celebration and the characters of the big, colourful family through the eyes of the two children, brother Alexandre (Bertil Guve) and sister Fani (Pernilla Allwin). This is one of cinema's most beautiful stories of childhood and coming of age. It is full of autobiographical themes and questions that plagued Ingmar Bergman throughout his long life. Fantasies, reality and dreams permeate the real world and merge completely with it. Ingmar Bergman (Thirst (1949), The Seventh Seal (1957), Silence (1963), Scenes from Married Life (1974)) is a world-renowned Swedish filmmaker, theatre director and writer. "Fani and Alexander is an epic work that vividly and playfully conveys the story of the Ekdali family, their joys, hopes and desires, their unique worldview, their relationships and the environment of the time.