Film

Face to Face

A woman's most intimate encounter with the one person she didn't know. Herself.

7.2

1h 54m

1976

“A woman's most intimate encounter with the one person she didn't know. Herself.”

Synopsis

A psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distress while working at a mental hospital and returning to her childhood home. As her professional responsibilities and personal relationships intersect, she undergoes a breakdown that forces her to confront long-suppressed memories and fears. (Note: This entry refers to the 1976 theatrical feature film (approximately 135 minutes), created by condensing and re-editing the four-part Swedish television miniseries originally produced the same year.)

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Trailer

Drama

loss of sense of realitysuicide attemptpsychological stresshallucinationmental breakdownchildhood traumadysfunctional marriagerape attemptdead parentsreality vs fantasyrepressed trauma