Face to Face (1976)

Academy Awards, USA 1977

Nominated Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role Liv Ullmann
	Best Director Ingmar Bergman

Paramount Pictures
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Olive Films)

Psychiatrist Liv Ullmann, already facing a separation from her husband, is raped, sending her spiraling into a suicide attempt. As she recovers in the hospital, the reasons for her breakdown are revealed by dreams and confessions to her friend and doctor in the hospital room. It turns out the rape was merely the trigger, her childhood was filled with every imaginable horror and trauma. Ullman gives a harrowing performance, often with no make up, totally exposed. An emotionally draining experience, though Bergman struggles to reign it all in and often overindulges.