Persona (1966)

Persona: Directed by Ingmar Bergman. With Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand. A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.

“Profound studie of the human psyche. Honest story about nooks of existence and vain hopes. Anatomy of helplessness and deep solitude. Life as convention, mask for feelings and expectations.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnother room of Bergmanu0026#39;s universe. Same cruel instruments, game of flash-backs and dream sequences, visions and memories. Fight between two women as screen for interior struggle. Impact of consciences and lights of sin. Illness like armour against fake images and empty future. Confesions like way to be yourself. Like cries suffocates by silence of the other.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStory about refuse and cages. About dreams and disillusions. About chaotic values and flavour of extinction. People as rabbits for experiments. The other like sign of salvation. And the question of soul.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Personau0026quot; is an act of confrontation between Ingmar Bergman and God. The silence, the cruelty of letters, the cries and the confessions of Alma are only guns in a strange and ambiguous war. So, any film of this great director is a religious personal answer to permanent subtle fear. In this case, the shadow of divine presence is the Liv Ulmann smile.”