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Face to Face (1976)

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Summary: A sensitive exploration of the tragic irony of the psychiatrist suffering with mental illness. Dr. Jenny... (imdb)
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AKA: Ansikte mot ansikte
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Sweden
Directed By: Ingmar Bergman
Written By: Ingmar Bergman
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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na johnatanjj
87
T8
na screentime
68
T6
na authorial
70
T3
na Rozmarin
90
T8
na MMAlpha
65
T6
na Ani
75
T6
na Dreamer
77
T8
na St. Gloede
98
T10
na Tds4a
76
T6
na Ibn Salami
7
T6
na stasis
93
T10
na glm
78
T6
77.875
na anime salve
89
T9
na taskn
76
T9
na cinema_hell
85
T8
na IMDb-byvotes
76
T8
na hitchmycock
90
T7
na Moribunny
65
T7
In one of Bergman's most depressing movies, a family woman descends into madness. Both Cassavetes and Fassbinder have done the subject more justice, and it's hard to appreciate after seeing Bergman's more important works. He uses the same devices he had already used to better effect, such as Wild Strawberries' seeing oneself dead in a dream. Liv Ullmann scolds her parents (thinly veiling Bergman's own childhood issues) in a cathartic nervous breakdown, but this is better done in Autumn Sonata.
na rottentomat
71
T6
na Paradigma
75
T9
na DrinkMilk
68
T7
na petehiltonjr
75
Though many consider this to be one of Bergman's best, I have to disagree. Face to Face deals with themes that should be familiar to anyone familiar with Bergman's films: Love, the horrors of life, death. As usual, Ullman's acting is superb. Though there were some striking scenes, I felt that the film would have been more effective had it been about 20 minutes shorter.
na vsls
80
T9
na wavymouth
71
T2
na piquet
85
T10
na tonioferah
75
T5
na ecalder
45
T2
na Warren
88
T9
na brosiv
75
T7
na chknpk
90
T9
na LLawliet
75
T5
na Hagar
80
T8
na harun
80
T4
na Alkotashi
97
T9
na nt_
94
T8
na geoxes
94
T7
na JangoB
77
T7
na avgcrtckr
72
T9
na dynamopiev
77
T6
na chbbread
90
T8
na CritickerAvg
71
T9
na annie
78
T9
na eltonldf
80
T9
na Mr.Cinema
60
T3
na Derekstar
70
T6
For the first hour or so Bergman failed to hook me into the story. In the second hour, with the dreams and the suicide and the total mental breakdown, it started to work for me. A vast number of Bergman's movies have these magical, transcendent moments that stick with you. They're right out front and obvious in his early stuff, but even films like Cries and Whispers have them. Some of the dream sequences approached this transcendent state, but never crossed into it.
na schedrevka
86
T7
na Lone Wolf
74
T6
na garbo
100
T10
na ZombieBuffet
60
T5
na filmcricket
69
T8
na kyle.loomis
8
T9
A complex and intense work, but as others have said, the array of themes have been better accomplished by Bergman himself, both earlier and later in his career.
na danielldb
80
T9
na darkman
72
T6
na saintbernard
87
T8
na zamanzaman
90
T10
na stariachi
90
T10
painstaking, painful, truthful, powerful, simply amazing, overwhelming and depressing at the same time...
na mathiascz
95
T10
na Charlie
95
T10
na manolovilla
90
T7
na FallFoliage
65
T7
na rcpcanbaz
92
T10
na sjostrand
50
T5
na margot9452
95
T9
na Rumplesink
90
T10
na catcry
91
T9
na rant1229
70
T6
na kneudorf
55
T7
na ze_qualquer
65
T7
na HobbsEnd
59
T4
na BlueHeat
80
T9
na Jos
90
T9
na flowing
35
T2
na paris1919
82
T7
na filmaffinity
73
T9
na jewellrunner
70
T6
na Vertigood
85
T10
na mariestdenis
91
T9
na Danilolopes
88
T7
na bananas
70
T7
na eraserhead
85
T5
na helfen419
80
T7
na eliadorus
9
T8
na Vegard
90
T10
na madisalvador
60
T5
na ptkw
84
T7
na cryteno
85
T8
na SomewhatItay
85
T9
The best of Bergman's lesser known works. A deeply psychological journey into one woman's emotional breakdown, told through fantasies, dreams and flashbacks along with the usual Bergmanian drama. Emotionally powerful and much more personal than most of his works, it's well worth tracking down (although it's still quite rare today).
na loureed
88
T9
na Darbicus
80
T9
na Cuculiza
80
T8
na zapotka
64
T5
na FitFortDanga
66
T4
The dream sequences bother me, as they always do (although in this case, they're better than most). I'd much rather learn of a character's inner turmoil through monologue or dialogue, which Bergman excels at anyway. And I might as well add that Ullmann's acting goes over the top for a while, although perhaps this is more the fault of the script. Otherwise, it's a bravura performance by Ullmann, and an insightful film. Not among Bergman's best, but almost any Bergman is worth watching.
na demonhatesme
86
T7
na MatheusM
96
T8
na hehejaja
90
T10
An overwhelmingly earnest film; Penetratingly sorrowful, matchlessly horrifying and unrelentingly touching. Scary as fuck and fantastic as hell!
na tribuzi
68
T2
na Yaskara
88
T5
na RNG
99
T10
na spicebrain
71
T6
na kangadoodoo
80
T10
na imdb
76
T9
na snb
92
T10
na akujin
80
T7
na SirRobbie
70
T6
na alexcucu
95
T6
na winds
5
T6
na fethikaval
81
T8
na JooJoo
7
T7
na atreides
93
T8
na GOIA ALIN
90
T7
na poltergeist
64
T6
na VegA
84
T9
na onetwothree
40
T2
na kastenm
65
T3
na Walterpoa
83
T9
na cinebaixar
72
T3
na nihilanth
82
T8
na negative
2
T6
na Derrick X
66
T7
na Void
1
T2
na anion
1
T6
na Simulacra
70
T7
na experimental
81
T8
na autocrat
85
T8
na elmakebabi
80
T9
na Matthew
90
T9
na madderroot
96
T10
na iamhopkat
81
T8
na lebasi
3
T5
na to_te_rzydy
87
T6
na Ercan
8
T9
na numan
82
T6
na c.r.a.z.y.
9
T10
na TheDeadMan
90
T5
Average Tier 7.19 from 134 Rankings rss