Trolösa (2000)

An imaginary woman recollects the painful experience of adultery to a storyteller.

Director:

Liv Ullmann

Writer:

Ingmar Bergman

Stars:

Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson

6 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lena Endre	...	Marianne
Erland Josephson	...	Bergman
Krister Henriksson	...	David
Thomas Hanzon	...	Markus
Michelle Gylemo	...	Isabelle
Juni Dahr	...	Margareta
Philip Zandén	...	Martin Goldman
Thérèse Brunnander	...	Petra Holst (as Therese Brunnander)
Marie Richardson	...	Anna Berg
Stina Ekblad	...	Eva
Johan Rabaeus	...	Johan
Jan-Olof Strandberg	...	Axel
Björn Granath	...	Gustav
Gertrud Stenung	...	Martha
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Åsa Lindström	...	Prompter 2

Storyline

Marianne is a theatre actress married to an orchestra conductor, Markus. She becomes involved in an affair with their director friend, David, which leads to a painful divorce and battle for custody of their daughter, Isabelle. Although all of them are merely fictional characters created by Bergman, their experiences become very real and traumatic for him.

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Plot Keywords:

adultery | actress | orchestra | metaphor | dialogue driven | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, some nudity and language

Details

Country:

Sweden Italy Germany Finland Norway

Language:

Swedish French

Release Date:

15 September 2000 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Faithless

Filming Locations:

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$63,841 (Sweden), 17 September 2000, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$29,462, 28 January 2001, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$734,597, 8 July 2001

Company Credits

Production Co:

Classic, Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The story is loosely based on experiences of adultery from Ingmar Bergman's own life.

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Connections

Featured in Bergman - ett år, ett liv (2018)

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Soundtracks

Quartet for piano and string trio, Opus 60
(3rd movement)
By Johannes Brahms

User Reviews

La femme adultère

Ingmar Bergman,as you may know it ,wrote the screenplay of Faithless.Bergman ,a great director and a writer-to me--he is more a `writer' than director.

Erland Josephson is Bergman 's best friend and favorite actor in Faithless he plays,well,Bergman!.Erland 's character is an aging film and theatre director who `conjures' up the ghost of Marianne(Lena Endre),an actress and ex lover ,who also became his muse.The film concentrates on her disastrous affair- years ago- with her husband's best friend and the terrible consequences for her own family(as the suffering of her child). Lena Endre is part of Ingmar Bergman troupe(she has worked with him in the theater) gives one of the most exhausting performance I ever seen!.she can seat next to Ingrid Thulin as one of the most captivating female actresses from Sweden(after Greta and Ingrid of course!).Liv Ullman(another Ingmar Bergman muse) in `Faithless',also gives something important:a tribute-- `homage'-- to this unique film-maker.Liv's directorial work it's strong -of course--she had learn from the best!.

Bergman's fascination -through his so productive- career has been the impossibility of relationship between a man and a woman;the egocentrism of an artist and also death.We tend to ` idealize' monogamy and fidelity.FAITHLESS is close to films like Scene from a Marriage,(starring Ullman) or Wild Strawberries(an aging man goes to a metaphysical journey).So ,my question is :was Ullman paying tribute to Bergman or this film is Bergman's gift to his long time muse?.I think is both.

See also Bergman's CRIES &WHISPERS.His tribute to all his important muses,women and actresses of his incredible career.

Anguish and uncertainty,just think of what this words means.Faithless is a complex film about many subjects: `adults' who can't have a connection.'complex woman'_one thing that I love about this film is how complicated the female psyche can be.and the perception of reality/fiction from an artist(he creates from his experience or it is based on fiction and fantasies?).Bergman_through close-up _ had show the `female GAZE'-that particular LOOK. In Faithless his woman sees an extraordinary old man,he is her confidant-she doesn't exist without him-(or viceversa?).Then, she vanishes. an artist can be very faithful with his own art,with his actresses ,with himself---this is a very powerful subject.FILMS are a prove that ghosts really exist,that characters are more alive than real people.Bergman and ULLMAN:faithful talents exploring the blurred line between an artist and his muse.Or when the muse surpasses the creator.(can this be possible?).A wife.A lover.A muse.all of this and more.

9/10