Then at the halfway point, the film has what I can only describe as a mental breakdown, the reels suddenly and violently splitting and breaking apart.
However, this ‘normality’ is broken up by small spells of surrealism that could be dreams or not, we are never really sure. The film moves along conventionally enough as Nurse Alma attempts to help the mute Elisabeth, the first half of the runtime essentially being a one-sided conversation. So why am I, an idiot who can barely write a coherent review, let alone understand Swedish art-house cinema, taking a look at one of the most indecipherable and studied films ever made? Well, because Persona is a horror film……….possibly. Subjected to volumes of analysis, debate and adoration by critics for over 50 years, Persona has developed a reputation as being the cinematic equivalent of Mount Everest. While Bergman made many celebrated films throughout his long career, there is one film that is often cited as his magnum opus and as one of the greatest works of cinematic art ever made Persona. When the two move to a cottage for treatment, Alma confides in Elisabet and soon struggles to distinguish herself from her patient.īoasting a filmography that reads like a “greatest hits” of cinema and counting the likes of David Lynch and Martin Scorsese among his acolytes, Ingmar Bergman is a name synonymous with genius. Starring Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullman, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Bjornstrand and Jorgen Lindstrom.Īlma, a nurse is assigned to care for actress Elisabet Volger who has suddenly stopped speaking.
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