Face to Face (1976 film)

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Face to Face
Directed by	Ingmar Bergman
Produced by	Lars-Owe Carlberg
Written by	Ingmar Bergman
Starring	Liv Ullmann Erland Josephson Gunnar Björnstrand Aino Taube Kristina Adolphson
Release date(s)	5 April 1976 April 28, 1976 (TV premiere)
Running time	114 min
Language	Swedish
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Face to Face (Swedish: Ansikte mot ansikte) is a 1976 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It tells the story of a psychiatrist who is suffering from a mental illness. It stars Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Principal cast (in credits order) 2.2 Rest of cast (in alphabetical order) 3 Awards 4 Pop culture references 5 External links

[edit] Plot

Dr. Jenny Isaksson (Liv Ullmann) is a psychiatrist married to another psychiatrist; both are successful in their jobs but slowly, agonizingly, Jenny succumbs to a breakdown. She is haunted by images and emotions from her past and eventually cannot function, either as a wife, a doctor or as an individual.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Principal cast (in credits order)

• Liv Ullmann (Dr. Jenny Isaksson)
• Erland Josephson (Dr. Tomas Jacobi)
• Aino Taube (The Grandmother)
• Gunnar Björnstrand (The Grandfather)
• Kristina Adolphson (Nurse Veronica)
• Marianne Aminoff (Jenny's mother)
• Gösta Ekman (Mikael Strömberg)
• Helene Friberg
• Ulf Johansson (Helmuth Wankel)
• Sven Lindberg (Jenny's husband)
• Jan-Erik Lindqvist (credited as Jan-Erik Lindqvist)
• Birger Malmsten (Rapist)
• Sif Ruud (Elisabeth Wankel)
• Göran Stangertz (Rapist)

[edit] Rest of cast (in alphabetical order)

• Lena Olin (Shop assistant)
• Rebecca Pawlo (Shop assistant)
• Gösta Prüzelius (Jenny's father)
• Tore Segelcke (The woman)
• Kari Sylwan (Maria)

[edit] Awards

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress (Ullmann) and Best Director (Bergman).

Ullmann was nominated by BAFTA in the Best Actress category.

She was also named Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the National Board of Review and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, with the film winning Best Foreign Language Film at the latter.

It also was named by the Golden Globes as their Best Foreign Language Film of the year, with Ullmann also being nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

[edit] Pop culture references

At the beginning of the Woody Allen film Annie Hall, a poster for Face to Face is visible behind Annie and Alvy when they arrive late at a cinema.

Awards
Preceded by Lies My Father Told Me	Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film 1976	Succeeded by A Special Day

v • d • e The films of Ingmar Bergman 1940s Crisis • It Rains on Our Love • A Ship to India • Music in Darkness • Port of Call • Prison • Thirst 1950s To Joy • This Can't Happen Here • Summer Interlude • Secrets of Women • Summer with Monika • Sawdust and Tinsel • A Lesson in Love • Dreams • Smiles of a Summer Night • The Seventh Seal • Wild Strawberries • Brink of Life • The Magician 1960s The Virgin Spring • The Devil's Eye • Through a Glass Darkly • Winter Light • The Silence • All These Women • Persona • Hour of the Wolf • Shame • The Rite • The Passion of Anna 1970s The Touch • Cries and Whispers • Scenes from a Marriage • The Magic Flute • Face to Face • The Serpent's Egg • Autumn Sonata 1980s From the Life of the Marionettes • Fanny and Alexander • Karin's Face • After the Rehearsal 1990s In the Presence of a Clown 2000s The Image Makers • Saraband

[edit] External links

• Face to Face at the Internet Movie Database