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Persona

Movie · 1966 · 84 min

A hypnotic, unsettling plunge into two women's merging identities, demanding intense focus and rewarding with haunting, ambiguous imagery.

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1966 film directed by Ingmar Bergman
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Year
1966
Runtime
84 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • madness
  • betrayal
  • art
Places
  • single country house
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity10
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, art
Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Written by
Ingmar Bergman
Starring
Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Margaretha Krook
Music
Lars Johan Werle
Cinematography
Sven Nykvist
Runtime
84 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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