# Scenes from a Marriage (2021)

> A five-part HBO miniseries following a contemporary American couple through marriage, parenthood, infidelity and divorce.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 5
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama
- Created by: Hagai Levi
- Network: HBO
- Cast: Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac, Nicole Beharie, Corey Stoll, Sunita Mani, Maury Ginsberg, Susan Pourfar, Daniella Rabbani
- TMDB rating: 8.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12682218/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Tone: raw, intimate, melancholic, confessional, bittersweet

## What critics say

Critics and audiences broadly admire the intimate, emotionally raw performances of Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac and the unflinching portrait of marriage across its stages.

## Synopsis

Scenes from a Marriage (2021) is an American HBO limited series created by Hagai Levi, a five-episode remake of the Ingmar Bergman drama. It follows a contemporary couple played by Jessica Chastain as Mira Phillips and Oscar Isaac as Jonathan Levy, whose long marriage is tracked through its successive stages: matrimony, the strain of raising children, infidelity, divorce, and the partnerships that follow. Each hour is built from long, intimate conversations, kitchen-table confrontations and quiet domestic silences, so the engine of the show is less plot than the slow accumulation of resentment, longing and self-deception between two people who still love each other. Supporting players including Nicole Beharie, Corey Stoll and Sunita Mani appear as the people orbiting the marriage and the new relationships that complicate it. The tone is raw, adult and emotionally exposed, with a restrained naturalistic look that keeps the focus on faces and dialogue. Fans of Marriage Story, The Affair and the Bergman original will find resonance in its unflinching study of intimacy coming apart.

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