Private Confessions (1997)

Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents Guiltridden wife Anna Pernilla August divulges an extramarital affair to a priest her uncle Jacob Max von Sydow He presses her to confess her sins to her husband Henrik As the film moves back and forth in time the notion of truth is tested Tomas the lover and Henrik will find that Annas confessions do not absolve anyone and have the power to inflict more pain