Faithless (2000 film)
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Faithless is a Swedish film directed by Liv Ullman from a script by Ingmar Bergman
. The story is loosely based on experiences of adultery from Bergman's own life. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival
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refuge in the Baltic Sea, he interviews her to compose the story of her life-changing affair. She had been happily married to Markus, an orchestra conductor, with a young daughter Isabelle. She suddenly falls in love with their best friend David. They have an extended interlude in Paris and then must deal with the ramifications.
The style of the film is very cerebral, abstract, and ambiguous. The main potential audience is viewers familiar with the previous decades of work of Bergman and Ullmann, who may appreciate this meditative capstone to their careers and lives together.
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
. The story is loosely based on experiences of adultery from Bergman's own life. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival
2000 Cannes Film Festival
The 2000 Cannes Film Festival started on May 14 and ran until May 25. The Palme d'Or went to the Danish film Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier.-Jury:* Luc Besson, President * Jonathan Demme * Nicole Garcia...
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Plot
The film is about an aging director named Bergman, who conjures in his imagination the central character, Marianne. Over a period of days, on his secluded FåröFårö
Fårö is a small Baltic Sea island north of the island of Gotland, off Sweden's southeastern coast. It is the second-largest island in the province. It has a population of fewer than 600 and has become a popular summer resort. The island has no banks, post offices, medical services or police...
refuge in the Baltic Sea, he interviews her to compose the story of her life-changing affair. She had been happily married to Markus, an orchestra conductor, with a young daughter Isabelle. She suddenly falls in love with their best friend David. They have an extended interlude in Paris and then must deal with the ramifications.
The style of the film is very cerebral, abstract, and ambiguous. The main potential audience is viewers familiar with the previous decades of work of Bergman and Ullmann, who may appreciate this meditative capstone to their careers and lives together.
Cast
- Lena EndreLena EndreLena Endre is a Swedish actress. She was born in Lidingö, Stockholm County, and grew up in Härnösand, Ångermanland and Trollbäcken, Tyresö. She had her breakthrough in the Swedish TV-series Varuhuset and Lorry in the 1980s. Since then she has acted in a number of TV-series and movies, both in...
– Marianne - Erland JosephsonErland JosephsonErland Josephson is a Swedish actor and author. He is best known to international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Theodoros Angelopoulos.-Biography:...
– Bergman - Krister HenrikssonKrister HenrikssonJan Krister Allan Henriksson is a Swedish actor. He is best known for playing Kurt Wallander in a series of television movies based on the novels by Henning Mankell.- Biography :...
– David - Thomas HanzonThomas HanzonThomas Hanzon , is a Swedish actor and stage actor at The Royal Dramatic Teather in Stockholm.Worked with Ingemar Bergman in both movies and on stage. Born in 1962 in Stockholm, Sweden...
– Markus - Michelle Gylemo – Isabelle
- Juni Dahr – Margareta
- Philip Zandén – Martin Goldman
- Thérèse Brunnander – Petra Holst
- Marie RichardsonMarie RichardsonMarie Richardson is a Swedish stage and film actress. She studied at the Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm from 1982 to 1985...
– Anna Berg - Stina EkbladStina EkbladStina Ekblad ) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actress. She received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1987 for her performances in Amorosa and Ormens väg på hälleberget and was nominated again in 1996 for her performance in Pensionat Oskar.Ekblad was born in the Ostrobothnian village of Solf in...
– Eva - Johan RabaeusJohan RabaeusCarl Magnus Olof Johan Rabaeus is a Swedish actor.Rabaeus, who was born in Stockholm but grew up in Paris and Geneve, generally portrays very unpleasant characters, one of them being the stepfather to Erik Ponti in the film Evil.-Selected filmography:*1988: S.O.S...
– Johan - Jan-Olof StrandbergJan-Olof StrandbergJan-Olof Strandberg is a Swedish stage and film actor. He has appeared in 45 films since 1947. On stage one of his most famous parts is as Vladimir in Samuel Becketts Waiting For Godot, at Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre .He appeared in Erland Josephsons play Blomsterplockarna at...
– Axel - Björn GranathBjörn GranathBjörn Gösta Tryggve Granath is a Swedish actor.Granath was born in Örgryte, Gothenburg, Sweden. He has starred in a broad range of films from comedies to dramas. He was active as an actor and director on the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm between the years 1987-2007...
– Gustav - Gertrud Stenung – Martha