Rent Persona (1966)
3.8 of 5 from 206 ratings
1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
- Bergman's masterpiece of self-doubt, identity and eroticism is an audacious example of cinematic art. The notional story centres on newly mute actor Elisabet (Liv Ullmann) recuperating at her coastal holiday home in the care of a nurse, Alma (Bibi Andersson). As tensions between the pair grow, their very selves seem to blur, chronology becomes uncertain and what is real and unreal loses significance. Yet the true impact of Persona goes beyond mere storytelling, touching, as Bergman said, 'wordless secrets that only the cinema can discover'.
- Actors:
- Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jörgen Lindström
- Directors:
- Ingmar Bergman
- Producers:
- Ingmar Bergman
- Writers:
- Ingmar Bergman
- Aka:
- Kinematografi
- Studio:
- Tartan
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
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- Countries:
- Sweden
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/09/2022
- Run Time:
- 84 minutes
- Languages:
- Swedish LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of Persona
Plays out like a Lynchian Nightmare! - Persona review by CP Customer
Igmar Bergman's bizarre trip into the mind of insanity, deals with identity and guilt with wild flashes of imagination.
Apparently, Bergman was hospitalised during most of the writting process and it shows as images get stranger but as the story evolves I felt I wasn't sure of what was going on - then maybe that was the point.
If you like David Lynch's 'Mulholland Drive' or 'Inland Empire' you will love this, but if you're looking for a more consistent story then Bergman's 'Wild Strawberries' leaves a better taste.
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