Please join us for the final screening in the March Bergman Trilogy, WINTER LIGHT (1963). The program will begin at 7pm with an introduction by Riccardo Hernández, BVFCC member and Associate Professor Adjunct and Co-chair of Design at David Geffen School of Drama and Set Design Advisor at Yale Repertory Theatre. Free popcorn will be available and the Best Video Coffee Bar (BVCB) will be open for beer, wine, and café drinks. There is a suggested donation of $7.

WINTER LIGHT (1963) - “God, why hast thou forsaken me?” With Winter Light, Ingmar Bergman explores the search for redemption in a meaningless existence. Small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar Björnstrand) performs his duties mechanically before a dwindling congregation, including his stubbornly devoted lover, Märta (Ingrid Thulin). When he is asked to assuage a troubled parishioner’s (Max von Sydow) debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Tomas is terrified to find that he can provide nothing but his own doubt. The beautifully photographed Winter Light is an unsettling look at the human craving for personal validation in a world seemingly abandoned by God.

Riccardo Hernández - Born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Riccardo has designed over 250 productions at most leading Regional Theaters and Opera houses across the US and Internationally.
Upcoming: Florencia en el Amazonas, directed by Mary Zimmerman for Metropolitan Opera; Carmen, directed by Diane Paulus for Glyndebourne Opera UK; Les Paravents, directed by Arthur Nauzyciel for Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Paris; The Thanksgiving Play, directed by Rachel Chavkin for Helen Hayes Theater, Broadway.
Numerous Awards and Nominations: OBIE Award Sustained Excellence of Scenic Design; Henry Hewes Design Award Outstanding Scenic Design; Princess Grace Statue Award; Princess Grace Grant, Drama Desks, Connecticut Critics Circle, Helen Hayes, Audelco, American Theater Wing, Boston Elliot Norton Award, Jeff Award, others.