Isak plots to rescue Fanny and Alexander from their stepfather.
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
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Isak plots to rescue Fanny and Alexander from their stepfather.
Alexander makes up a story about his stepfather for which he gets brutally punished. Meanwhile Helena discusses with Gustav about his intentions for Maj.
Fanny and Alexander continue to suffer at the hands of their cruel stepfather while a series of ghosts pay visits to the living.
Young Alexander glimpses the supernatural before the scattered branches of his family gather at his grandmother's house for a traditional Christmas party.
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