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Persona (1966) 8.1
A nurse is put in charge of an actress who can't talk and finds that the actress's persona is melding with hers. Director:Ingmar BergmanWriter:Ingmar Bergman (story) |
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| Bibi Andersson | ... |
Alma, The Nurse
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| Liv Ullmann | ... | ||
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Margaretha Krook | ... | |
| Gunnar Björnstrand | ... | ||
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A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth's persona. Written by Kathy Li
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Country:
SwedenRelease Date:
16 March 1967 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Персона See more »Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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Susan Sontag wrote that she considered Persona the greatest film ever made. See more »Quotes
Sister Alma: He's calling again. I'll find out what he wants from us. Out here, far away in our loneliness.See more »
Profound studie of the human psyche. Honest story about nooks of existence and vain hopes. Anatomy of helplessness and deep solitude. Life as convention, mask for feelings and expectations.
Another room of Bergman's universe. Same cruel instruments, game of flash-backs and dream sequences, visions and memories. Fight between two women as screen for interior struggle. Impact of consciences and lights of sin. Illness like armour against fake images and empty future. Confesions like way to be yourself. Like cries suffocates by silence of the other.
Story about refuse and cages. About dreams and disillusions. About chaotic values and flavour of extinction. People as rabbits for experiments. The other like sign of salvation. And the question of soul.
"Persona" is an act of confrontation between Ingmar Bergman and God. The silence, the cruelty of letters, the cries and the confessions of Alma are only guns in a strange and ambiguous war. So, any film of this great director is a religious personal answer to permanent subtle fear. In this case, the shadow of divine presence is the Liv Ulmann smile.