The first part of Bergman’s thematically linked ‘trilogy of faith’ sees the director abandon the expressionism of his fifties work to focus on a series of character-focused dramas exploring belief and alienation in the modern age. It is also his first film shot on the island of Fårö, a place with which he will be forever associated. Winner of the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, the film follows a schizophrenic young woman (Harriet Andersson) vacationing on a remote island with her husband (Max von Sydow), novelist father (Gunnar Björnstrand), and frustrated younger brother (Lars Passgård). 

Notes by David O’Mahony.

This film screens as part of BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL: THE FILMS OF INGMAR BERGMAN.

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