# Face to Face (1976)

> A psychiatrist’s carefully managed life fractures into hallucination, buried trauma, and an agonizing confrontation with her will to live.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/18149

## Facts

- Runtime: 114 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Ingmar Bergman
- Cast: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Aino Taube, Gunnar Björnstrand, Kristina Adolphson, Marianne Aminoff, Gösta Ekman, Helene Friberg
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074147/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: haunting, oppressive, intimate, focused solo viewing, late night arthouse viewing

## Synopsis

A psychiatrist's fragile grip on reality unravels amidst a summer of introspection and emotional turmoil.

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