Face to Face( 1976)

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

Overview

Dr. Jenny Isaksson is a psychiatrist whose temporary position at a mental hospital offers only modest responsibilities. With her husband out of the country for a seminar and her daughter at camp, Jenny moves in with her grandparents, expecting a relaxing few months. But it isn't long before unpleasant memories of her childhood, the sudden appearance of strange apparitions, and a near-rape push this otherwise stable woman to the very edge of sanity.

Top Billed Cast

Liv Ullmann
Dr. Jenny Isaksson
Erland Josephson
Dr. Tomas Jacobi
Aino Taube
Jenny's Grandmother
Gunnar Björnstrand
Jenny's Grandfather
Kristina Adolphson
Nurse Veronica
Marianne Aminoff
Jenny's Mother
Gösta Ekman
Mikael Strömberg
Helene Friberg
Anna Isaksson
Ulf Johansson
Helmuth Wankel
Sven Lindberg
Erik Isaksson
Jan-Erik Lindqvist
Jenny's Father
Birger Malmsten
Older Rapist
Sif Ruud
Elisabeth Wankel
Göran Stangertz
Younger Rapist
Mona Andersson
Patient (uncredited)
Daniel Bergman
Boy at Concert (uncredited)
Donya Feuer
Patient (uncredited)
Käbi Laretei
The Concert Pianist (uncredited)
Lena Olin
Shop Assistant (uncredited)
Rebecca Pawlo
Shop Assistant (uncredited)
Margareta Pettersson
Girlfriend (uncredited)
Tore Segelcke
The Woman (uncredited)
Kari Sylwan
Maria Jacobi (uncredited)

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A review by CRCulver

Written by CRCulver on Tue Jul 31 2018

Shot in 1975, originally for Swedish television, Ingmar Bergman's film ANSIKTE MOT ANSIKTE (Face to Face) explores the idea of a psychiatrist herself struggling with mental illness. As the film opens, Dr. Jenny Isaksson (Liv Ullmann) is standing in an empty house, her family having removed everything in preparation for a move into a new house later that year. In the meantime, her husband is working in America for a few months and her daughter is at a summer camp. Waiting for the family to be reunited and move into the new house, Jenny temporarily settles in with her grandmother (Aino Taube) ...