Charlotte abandoned the family and came back, remorseless and daring to be critical of Eva's skills at playing the piano when Eva did her best to give Charlotte a chance and be civil. I understood Eva's anger and resentment.

Curiously, Ingrid Bergman detested Eva. Liv Ullmann once said Ingrid found Eva irritating for continuing to live in the past. Maybe she felt the film was an attack on her personal life. After all, Autumn Sonata shares many similarities with Ingrid Bergman's personal life and what followed next.