Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

One of cinema’s most luminous and enchanting presences gets a worthy tribute that focuses more on Ingrid Bergman the woman and mother than Ingrid Bergman the movie star. Orphaned at 13, drawn to acting on the stage and then on film, sailing for Hollywood at 24, and then leaving it all behind for a new life with Roberto Rossellini, Bergman led the electrifying life of a truly independent woman. This fascinating documentary retells her story through her letters and diaries (read by Alicia Vikander) and the memories of her children (Pia Lindström, and Isabella, Ingrid, and Roberto Rossellini) and a few close friends (including Liv Ullmann and Sigourney Weaver), plus home movies that Bergman herself shot over the years. (114 mins., DCP)