Global TV: “Scenes from a Marriage” – Screening and Discussion

HBO’s Scenes from a Marriage is an ambitious English-language remake of a lauded 1973 Swedish miniseries by director Ingmar Bergman, which traces a couple’s crumbling marriage over the course of a decade. The 2021 series concerns the disintegration the marriage between philosophy professor Jonathan (Oscar Isaac) and tech executive Mira (Jessica Chastain). Written and directed by Hagai Levi, Scenes from a Marriage examines questions of love and marriage, touching on issues of resentment, infidelity, and desire. The show draws out the complexities of monogamy through thoughtful conversations and heated fights, rendered potent by two powerhouse performances.

Following a screening of episode one of Scenes from a Marriage, Carsey-Wolf Center advisory board member Rick Rosen (co-founder of WME Agency and representative for Hagai Levi) will join moderator Patrice Petro, the Dick Wolf director of the Carsey-Wolf Center, for a discussion of the series and the state of global television.