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05/04/1976 Drama 1h 54m
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A woman's most intimate encounter with the one person she didn't know. Herself.

Overview

A psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distress while working at a mental hospital and returning to her childhood home. As her professional responsibilities and personal relationships intersect, she undergoes a breakdown that forces her to confront long-suppressed memories and fears. (Note: This entry refers to the 1976 theatrical feature film (approximately 135 minutes), created by condensing and re-editing the four-part Swedish television miniseries originally produced the same year.)

  1. Ingmar Bergman

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Liv Ullmann

    Dr. Jenny Isaksson

  2. Erland Josephson

    Dr. Tomas Jacobi

  3. Aino Taube

    Jenny's Grandmother

  4. Gunnar Björnstrand

    Jenny's Grandfather

  5. Kristina Adolphson

    Nurse Veronica

  6. Marianne Aminoff

    Jenny's Mother

  7. Gösta Ekman

    Mikael Strömberg

  8. Helene Friberg

    Anna Isaksson

  9. Ulf Johansson

    Helmuth Wankel

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CRCulver
Written by CRCulver on 2018-07-31
Shot in 1975, originally for Swedish television, Ingmar Bergman's film ANSIKTE MOT ANSIKTE (Face to Face) explores the idea of a psychiatrist herself struggling with mental illness.

As the film opens, Dr. Jenny Isaksson (Liv Ullmann) is standing in an empty house, her family having removed everything in preparation for a move into a new house later that year. In the meantime, her husband is working in America for a few months and her daughter is at a summer camp. Waiting for the family to be reunited and move into the new house, Jenny temporarily settles in with her grandmother (Aino Taube)...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Swedish

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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