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Face to Face

Original title: Ansikte mot ansikte
  • 19761976
  • RR
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
5.9K
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Face to Face (1976)
DramaFantasy
A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.
IMDb RATING
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5.9K
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    • Ingmar Bergman
    • Ingmar Bergman
  • Stars
    • Liv Ullmann
    • Erland Josephson
    • Aino Taube
    • Ingmar Bergman
    • Ingmar Bergman
  • Stars
    • Liv Ullmann
    • Erland Josephson
    • Aino Taube
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 26User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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    Liv Ullmann
    Liv Ullmann
    • Jenny Isaksson
    Erland Josephson
    Erland Josephson
    • Tomas Jacobi
    Aino Taube
    Aino Taube
    • The Grandmother
    Gunnar Björnstrand
    Gunnar Björnstrand
    • The Grandfather
    Kristina Adolphson
    Kristina Adolphson
    • Nurse Veronica
    Marianne Aminoff
    Marianne Aminoff
    • Jenny's Mother
    Gösta Ekman
    Gösta Ekman
    • Mikael Strömberg
    Helene Friberg
    • Anna Isaksson
    Ulf Johansson
    Ulf Johansson
    • Helmuth Wankel
    • (as Ulf Johanson)
    Sven Lindberg
    Sven Lindberg
    • Eric Isaksson
    Jan-Erik Lindqvist
    Jan-Erik Lindqvist
    • Jenny's Father
    Birger Malmsten
    Birger Malmsten
    • Rapist
    Sif Ruud
    Sif Ruud
    • Elisabeth Wankel
    Göran Stangertz
    Göran Stangertz
    • Rapist
    Mona Andersson
    • Patient
    • (uncredited)
    Daniel Bergman
    • Boy in Concert
    • (uncredited)
    Donya Feuer
    • Patient
    • (uncredited)
    Käbi Laretei
    Käbi Laretei
    • Pianist
    • (uncredited)
      • Ingmar Bergman
      • Ingmar Bergman
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The TV version is a four-part mini-series: 1. Uppbrottet (The Separation); 2. Gränsen (The Border); 3. Skymningslandet (The Twilight Land); 4. Återkomsten (The Return). A total of 176 minutes compared to the film's 130 minutes (25 fps).
    • Quotes

      Dr. Jenny Isaksson: What do you mean by "real"?

      Dr. Tomas Jacobi: To hear a human voice and trust that it comes from a human who is made like me, to touch a pair of lips and at the same time know that it is a pair of lips.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977)
    • Soundtracks
      Fantasy in C-minor, K.475
      By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performed by Käbi Laretei

    User reviews26

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    Bergman at his best
    Face to face is another example of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's masterful direction in order to penetrate into his actors' psyche. Bergman's sole intention in his movies is to convey the emotions, the interaction between different personalities and how they swift in the film. He uses long uninterrupted takes in such effect that many times throughout the film someone could get carried away and find itself present in the room with the protagonists. It's like Sven Nykvist forgets the camera somewhere recording, but the action continues... Bergman's usual partners are present obviously in Face to Face. Aformentioned cinematographer Sven Nykvist (who by the way has won two Oscars for Bergman's "Fanny & Alexander" and "Cries and Whispers" and was nominated for "face to face", does again superb job. But in my opinion the film is worth viewing mostly for Liv Ullmann's extraordinary performance, mominated for an Oscar as well. There is nothing that I could add, Bergman fans will find the master here in peak form. I hope all film fans will one day discover Ingmar Bergman's cinema, it would be an unpreceded experience. Better late than never...
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    • Jan 11, 2002

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    • Release date
      • April 5, 1976 (United States)
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      • Swedish
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    • Filming locations
      • Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
    • Production company
      • Cinematograph AB
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    • 1 hour 54 minutes
      • Mono

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