Ratings - IMDB - 8.2
Release Year - 1966
Country - Sweden
Genres - Drama | Fantasy
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Release Year - 1966
Country - Sweden
Genres - Drama | Fantasy
IMDB page
Synopsis : A nurse is put in charge of an actress who can't talk and finds that the actress's persona is melding with hers.
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth's persona.
Awards - Won the 1967 National Society of Film Critics awards for Best Film, Best Director (Bergman) and Best Actress (Andersson)
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award
Selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards
Lists - Ranked #5 in In Sight and Sound’s 1972 poll of the ten greatest films of all time
Ranked #71 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010
Included in The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made
IMDb Top 250 #195
Special Mention - Rated by more than 23k users on IMDb
Influenced films like Woody Allen's Love and Death (references Persona in its final minutes) , David Lynch's surreal noir Mulholland Drive , Robert Altman’s impressionist film 3 Women (as Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek begin to shift roles)
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth's persona.
Awards - Won the 1967 National Society of Film Critics awards for Best Film, Best Director (Bergman) and Best Actress (Andersson)
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award
Selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards
Lists - Ranked #5 in In Sight and Sound’s 1972 poll of the ten greatest films of all time
Ranked #71 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010
Included in The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made
IMDb Top 250 #195
Special Mention - Rated by more than 23k users on IMDb
Influenced films like Woody Allen's Love and Death (references Persona in its final minutes) , David Lynch's surreal noir Mulholland Drive , Robert Altman’s impressionist film 3 Women (as Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek begin to shift roles)
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