Face to Face
Dir: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden, 1976, 176minmins, DCP
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Aino Taube
She is an accomplished psychiatrist, yet she is sick, and the sickness is unto death. During an ordinary day in an empty house, she is panic-stricken to see a perfect stranger in herself. As fantasies and hallucinations secretly creep in, this strong woman begins to disintegrate, and attempts to end her own life. Liv Ullmann, in one of her greatest performances, transcends an intellectual character whose breakdown brings her face to face with her inner anguish, before she finds the strength for self-reconciliation. This complete version is shown for the first time in Hong Kong.
1977 Academy Awards, nominations for Best Director and Best Actress
1977 Golden Globe Awards, Best Foreign Language Film
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
MOViE MOViE
CINE FAN ONLINE
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction
Remarks
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