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Face to Face

1976 · Movie · 114 min · ★ 7.2 · 73% critics

Drama

A psychiatrist temporarily separates from her family and takes work at a mental hospital, splitting her focus between professional duties and visits to her childhood home. As relationships and memories overlap, her grip on reality worsens, leading to a breakdown that forces her to confront long-suppressed fears.

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Details
Original title
Ansikte mot ansikte
Years
1976
Release date
1976-04-05
Language
Swedish
Runtime
114 min
Critic score
73/100
TMDB rating
7.2/10 (138 votes)
About

You may like this if you’re drawn to intimate psychological dramas with emotional loneliness and shame, like Cries & Whispers or Shame; Not for you if you want a tightly paced, fully focused theatrical cut.

Pros: powerful performance range; haunting themes; tense psychological descent | Cons: condensed theatrical pacing; familiar Bergman territory repeats

Themes

  • loss of sense of reality
  • suicide attempt
  • psychological stress
  • hallucination
  • mental breakdown
  • childhood trauma
  • dysfunctional marriage
  • rape attempt
  • dead parents
  • reality vs fantasy
  • repressed trauma

Awards & recognition

  • Academy Award — Best Director · 1977 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1977 · nominated

Cast & crew

Directed by Ingmar Bergman