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- 1976
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
- 1976
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
Summary A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.
Directed By: Ingmar Bergman
Written By: Ingmar Bergman
- 1976
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
- 1976
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
Face to Face
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Summary A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.
Directed By: Ingmar Bergman
Written By: Ingmar Bergman
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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43% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
68
57% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Face to Face is an extremely intense experience from start to finish, due in large part to Ullmann's performance as she powerfully expresses a range of emotions seldom seen in American films.
Bergman creates a stunning picture not only of personal anxiety but also of the fury that may exist just below the surface of any perfect state.
The acting is intense, as you would expect from Ullmann and Josephson, working under a director who was coming to terms with his own breakdown in this film; and the nightmare imagery (washed-out backgrounds clashing vividly with stark colours) delivers a strong jolt to the subconscious.
A confused and sometimes overwrought new treatment of the director's most obsessive theme, suicide.
Face to Face feels scattershot and incomplete, never adequately establishing connections between characters, motivations for significant actions, or even the simple causalities of time and space.
Ingmar Bergman at his most painful, pretentious, and empty.
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
