Scenes From a Marriage: Ingmar Bergman's Remake Starring Oscar Isaac & Jessica Chastain
'Scenes From a Marriage' is the American version of Ingmar Bergman's Swedish miniseries of the same name. It's a five-episode show covering ten years of marital life. But not from the beginning, as the couple has a four-year-old daughter, and they are in their early forties. (Note: Spoilers ahead for the first two episodes.) Scenes From a Marriage (2021) Genres: Drama Cast: Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac Image: HBO Max Innocence and Panic Our couple is Mira ( Jessica Chastain) and Jonathan (Oscar Isaac). Mira is the family breadwinner, and Jonathan mostly takes care of the household after his academic work. The prologue follows a revisit of the last 10 years of their married life and the elements of their successful marriage through an interview by a Ph.D. aspirant (Sunita Mani). Mira seemed ostentatious about their successful marriage, but Jonathan was somewhat self-centered and didn't notice her feelings. The dinner table scene with the polygamous couple, Pe...