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Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Aug 06 2023
This is one of my favourite Bergman films that darkly and potently showcases the skills of two women at the top of their game. "Elisabeth" (Liv Ullmann) is an acclaimed stage actress who, mid-performance, is struck dumb. Nobody is quite sure what has caused this, but a nurse is duly hired to take care of her. "Alma" (Bibi Andersson) arrives and soon comes to believe that the silence of her charge is her choice. She simply doesn't want to talk! Devoid of visitors, "Alma" constantly chatters to "Elisabeth" and a bond starts to develop between the two, outwardly profoundly different, women that ch...
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Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
- dreams
- nurse
- confession
- identity crisis
- mental breakdown
- betrayal
- mute
- black and white
- patient
- psychiatry
- submerged
- mysterious
- institution
- dual personality
- stage actress
- duality
- dissociative identities
- empathetic