"She's an alien to me since she was born." We never try to understand and forgive people in time, even in the role of a mother. But it never is too late to pay back. The heroine in this one spent her life after her son's death to pay this price, gently, and movingly.
Woody Allen's way of reflecting on his life, narcissistic but somehow honest. He took shots at consumerism, religion, anti-Semitism and Hollywood. Mia Farrow and Allen were so in love then, which made the subsequent fallout of the relationship all the more heartbreaking.