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PERSONA

Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Sweden, 1966
Drama, Avant-Garde, LGBTQ+
  • 8383 minutes

Synopsis

During a performance of Sophocles’s Electra, Elisabet, a famed actress, lapses into a sudden, unexplained silence. She is sent to convalesce at a remote seaside cottage with only her nurse, Alma, for company. As the two women develop an intimate relationship, their identities begin to blur.

Synopsis

During a performance of Sophocles’s Electra, Elisabet, a famed actress, lapses into a sudden, unexplained silence. She is sent to convalesce at a remote seaside cottage with only her nurse, Alma, for company. As the two women develop an intimate relationship, their identities begin to blur.