Liv Ullmann plays Dr. Jenny Isakson, a psychiatrist who is taking a vacation while her husband Dr. Erik Isakson (Sven Lindberg) is elsewhere. Haunted by visions of an old woman, Jenny suffers from profound, inexplicable depression. Desperately in search of a escape from her doldrums, she has an affair with married doctor Tomas Jacobi (Erland Josephson). This only serves to spark an attack of hysteria for Jenny. Again visited by hallucinations of the old woman, she attempts suicide. While hovering between life and death, she imagines she sees all the people who've been influential in her life, and rails against them for causing her neuroses. Only while recovering does she learn who the spectral old woman is and why she is undergoing so harrowing an emotional experience. Like his later Scenes From a Marriage, Bergman's Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) originated as a multipart TV series, which was then pared down into a two-hour-plus feature film. Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Genre: Drama
- Category Psychological Drama
- Theme: Suicide, Infidelity
- Studio: Olive Films
- Run Time: 02 hr 16 min
- Language: Swedish
- Subtitle Language: English
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Release Date: August 30, 2011
- Lead Actor: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Kari Sylwan, Gunnar Björnstrand
- Supporting Actor: Tore Segeicke, Sven Lindberg, Goesta Pruezelius, Helene Friberg, Lena Olin, Aino Taube, Birger Malmsten, Sif Ruud, Marianne Aminoff, Kristina Adolphson, Ulf Johansson, Göran Stangertz, Gösta Ekman Jr.
- Director: Ingmar Bergman
awards
- Nominations: Golden Globe Awards (1), Academy Awards (2)
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Director, 1976, Ingmar Bergman
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Pictur, 1976, Liv Ullmann
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Actress, 1976, Liv Ullmann
