Ingmar Bergman Centennial: PASSION OF ANNA

Director: Ingmar Bergman

1969, Sweden, 101

Screenwriter: Ingmar Bergman

Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson.

 

(En passion) The fifth drama that Bergman shot on his beloved Fårö describes a mood of fear and spiritual guilt. Not long after the dissolution of his marriage, and a fleeting liaison with a neighbor (Bibi Andersson), the reclusive Andreas (Max von Sydow) begins an ultimately disastrous affair with the mysterious, beguiling Anna (Liv Ullmann), who has recently lost her own husband and son. The film, which incorporates documentary-style interviews with the actors, blurs the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, dream and reality, identity and anonymity.