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Persona(Movie, 1966)

1h 24min | Genre: Drama
PersonaRating: 4.1/5 (with 975975 votes)
Persona is a 1966 Swedish avant-garde psychological drama film written, directed, and produced by Ingmar Bergman and starring Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann. The story revolves around a young nurse named Alma (Andersson) and her patient, well-known stage actress Elisabet Vogler (Ullmann), who has suddenly stopped speaking. They move to a cottage, where Alma cares for Elisabet, confides in her, and begins having trouble distinguishing herself from her patient. Characterized by elements of psychological horror, Persona has been the subject of much critical analysis, interpretation, and debate. The film's exploration of duality, insanity, and personal identity has been interpreted as reflecting the Jungian theory of persona and dealing with issues related to filmmaking, vampirism, homosexuality, motherhood, abortion, and other subjects. The experimental style of its prologue, storytelling, and end has also been noted. The enigmatic film has been called the Mount Everest of cinematic analysis; according to film histo... ()
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About Persona

A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. The time they spend together only strengthens the crushing realization that one does not exist.

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Additional Information

Production country: Sweden
Plays in: Sweden
Original language: Swedish (SV)
Spoken languages: Swedish (SV)
Translated into 27 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/18/1966
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Producer: Ingmar Bergman
Screenwriter: Ingmar Bergman
Film Editor: Ulla Ryghe
Director of Photography: Sven Nykvist
Costume designer: Max Goldstein
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Şəxsiyyət Maskası"
"人物"
"性格"
"Persona - naisen naamio"
"Erotes horis fragmo"
"Έρωτες Χωρίς Φραγμό"
"페르소나"
"Персона"
"Kinematografi"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:4276, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 03/18/2024