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Faithless

2000 · 154 min

A slow, emotionally raw chamber drama that feels like watching a painful memory being dissected, with long takes and confrontational dialogue.

Tagline
One Moment Can Change A Lifetime
Overview
Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Markus). Wanting to continue the affair, Marianne moves in with her lover. But she is tormented by Markus' decision not to let her have custody of their daughter. Finally Markus announces he may have a solution to the stalemate, but this leads to deception, lies and ultimately, tragedy.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • betrayal
  • love
  • guilt
  • obsession
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Liv Ullmann
Written by
Ingmar Bergman
Starring
Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson, Thomas Hanzon, Marie Richardson, Michelle Gylemo, Juni Dahr, Philip Zandén
Cinematography
Jörgen Persson
Runtime
154 min
Country
Sweden, Norway, Finland, Italy, Germany
Languages
French, Swedish

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