Ansikte mot ansikte (1976)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writer:

Ingmar Bergman (writer)

Release Date:

5 April 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

A woman's most intimate encounter with the one person she didn't know. Herself.

Plot:

A sensitive exploration of the tragic irony of the psychiatrist suffering with mental illness. Dr. Jenny...

Plot Keywords:

Psychiatrist | Television | Mental Breakdown | Affair | Hospital

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Liv Ullmann	...	Dr. Jenny Isaksson
Erland Josephson	...	Dr. Tomas Jacobi
Aino Taube	...	The Grandmother
Gunnar Björnstrand	...	The Grandfather
Kristina Adolphson	...	Nurse Veronica
Marianne Aminoff	...	Jenny's mother
Gösta Ekman	...	Mikael Strömberg
Helene Friberg	...	Anna
Ulf Johansson	...	Helmuth Wankel
Sven Lindberg	...	Jenny's husband
Jan-Eric Lindquist		(as Jan-Erik Lindqvist)
Birger Malmsten	...	Rapist
Sif Ruud	...	Elisabeth Wankel
Göran Stangertz	...	Rapist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lena Olin	...	Shop assistant
Rebecca Pawlo	...	Shop assistant
Gösta Prüzelius	...	Jenny's father
Tore Segelcke	...	The woman
Kari Sylwan	...	Maria

Also Known As:

Face to Face (USA)

Runtime:

114 min | Argentina:120 min | UK:136 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 | USA:R | UK:X

Filming Locations:

Filmhusateljéerna, Filmhuset, Svenska Filminstitutet, Gärdet, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Cinematograph AB

Trivia:

Originally a four-episode TV series: 1. Separation; 2. The Border; 3. Twilight Land; 4. The Return. A total of 200 minutes cut down to 135 minutes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Annie Hall (1977)

And you thought you knew who you were

The Greeks were the first to understand it: the best dramatic performances are given by women because they have a way of letting out every emotion with the most compelling force. Bergman also understood this and I think his best movies are those that star women in tense dramatic situations: Persona, Cries and Whispers, Passion of Annam Through a Glass Darkly and Face to Face. The long and fruitful collaboration between Bergman and Liv Ulman is one of the greatest director-actor in movie history comparable with Fellini-Massina, Scorsese-De Niro and Welles-himself. Unlike other collaborations Bergman used Ulman in a variety of roles, always changing something substantial, never letting the viewer down. I knew Bergman can reach high intensity but I never guessed that he can go so far as he goes here. The story of a psychiatrist that thinks she has everything sorted out in her life but finds out that she has it worse than her patients really left me speechless. Bergman explored madness before in Hour of the Wolf; in that movie as in this one the viewer is confronted with the decision of what is real and what is in the imagination of the character making the cinematic journey thrilling and surprising