Persona

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Bergman’s masterpiece about the fraught relationship of a chatty nurse and an actress who refuses to speak, sharing a remote island cottage.

  • Director

    Ingmar Bergman

  • With

    Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Gunner Björnstrand

  • Sweden 1966. 83min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

  • English subtitles

Bergman’s masterpiece explores the fraught relationship that develops between a chatty nurse and her charge – an actress who has abandoned speech – during the latter’s convalescence in a remote island cottage. The performances are extraordinary, Sven Nykvist’s monochrome camerawork superb, and Bergman’s handling of the elusive narrative assured, audacious and inventive. Rich in ambiguities and insights, it’s often cited as one of the greatest films ever made.

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