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DVD

Face to face

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

In Swedish, with English subtitles.

Performers

Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Kari Sylwan, Gunnar Björnstrand, Aino Taube.

Publication Information

[Hollywood, CA] : Paramount Home Entertainment ; [Saint Charles, IL] : Olive Films, [2011]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Summary

A successful psychiatrist, despite her professional prowess, suffers from profound depression and mental illness. She finds herself teetering on the brink of a nervous breakdown, haunted by disturbing images and emotions from her past. Desperately in search of an escape from her doldrums, she has an affair with fellow doctor Tomas Jacobi. This only worsens her hysteria as she struggles to maintain her grasp on sanity and reality.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast on Swedish television in four 50-minute chapters; edited to 136 minutes for worldwide theatrical release in 1976.

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