Faithless (2000)
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Renowned actress-turned-director Liv Ullmann helms this bleak, nuanced film about marriage and betrayal penned by legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. The story is straightforward -- Marianne Vogler (Lena Endre) is a beautiful actress who is married to Markus (Thomas Hanzon), whose job as an… More Renowned actress-turned-director Liv Ullmann helms this bleak, nuanced film about marriage and betrayal penned by legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. The story is straightforward -- Marianne Vogler (Lena Endre) is a beautiful actress who is married to Markus (Thomas Hanzon), whose job as an orchestra conductor requires numerous concerts abroad, and who dotes on their young daughter Isabelle (Michelle Gylemo). Yet when Marianne has an affair with family friend David (Kirster Henriksson), a film director with a volcanic temper and little regard to those around him, the fallout destroys the marriage and brings grief and suffering to all involved, particularly Isabelle. Ullman and Bergman frame this plot with a tale about an elderly director named Bergman (Erland Josephson, who played opposite Ullman in Bergman's landmark Scenes from a Marriage) who is trying to write a script about infidelity. In his austerely decorated house on a remote island, Bergman invites an actress, who may or may not be a figment of his imagination, to breathe life into the character of Marianne. The actress tells Bergman of Marianne's story through flashbacks. One evening, on the closing night of the play that Marianne was in -- and while Markus is abroad -- David arrives for dinner with her and ultimately sleeps, platonically, in her bed. This unplanned intimacy soon leads to a full blown affair, including a three week romantic getaway to Paris. When Markus finally discovers the couple in flagrante delicto, he demands an immediate divorce and custody of their daughter. This film was screened in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Directed By
- Liv Ullmann, Harry Beaumont
- Written By
- Ingmar Bergman
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 26, 2001 Limited
- Studio
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
Critic Reviews
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Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It's a movie that shows us that the silence between two people can be more dramatic than 100 pages of dialogue.
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Peter Rainer, New York Magazine
Bergman has been far better at working out these themes than anything in Faithless would suggest.
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Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
These three adults are all sick puppies. But neither the actors nor their director has created any reason for one to care.
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Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
A powerful movie, with emotional rawness and honesty that have been hallmarks of Bergman's work as much as his incredible egocentricity.
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, Dallas Morning News
Faithless is talky but very tight, and that cohesion relies on the bond between actors who aren't afraid to expose the depths of their characters.
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Cast
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Lena Endre
as Marinanne Vogler
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Erland Josephson
as Bergman
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Krister Henriksson
as David
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Thomas Hanzon
as Markus
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Michelle Gylemo
as Isabelle
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Juni Dahr
as Margareta
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Philip Zandén
as Martin Goldman
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Therese Brunnander
as Petra Holst
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Marie Richardson
as Anna Berg
- Stina Ekblad
