After ostensibly retiring from directing , Bergman completed '' After the Rehearsal '' in 1984 . Bergman also conceived of a biographical project following his parents Erik and Karin Åkerblom , and in a press conference in August 1989 , announced he planned a production that could be considered a follow-up to '' Fanny and Alexander '' and his 1987 autobiography '' The Magic Lantern '' . The resulting 1991 – 92 miniseries and film '' The Best Intentions '' was directed by Bille August and won the '' Palme d'Or '' at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival . Bergman selected Bille August as director on condition that '' Fanny and Alexander '' actress Pernilla Wallgren star as Bergman 's mother ; she did under the name Pernilla August . Critic Vincent Canby also identified Ingmar 's screenplay '' Sunday 's Children '' , directed by Daniel Bergman and released in 1992 , as " a continuation " of '' Fanny and Alexander '' and '' The Best Intentions '' , and questioned if Ingmar had truly retired . Whereas Ingmar 's recollections of Erik Bergman are damning in '' Fanny and Alexander '' , his study of his father is " far more forgiving " in '' The Best Intentions '' and '' Sunday 's Children '' . After '' The Best Intentions '' , Pernilla August played Ingmar 's mother twice more , in the 1996 '' Private Confessions '' and 1997 '' In the Presence of a Clown ''
1992 Cannes Film Festival
1992 Cannes Film Festival
Fanny and Alexander