Persona

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Persona

1967

1h 21m

Drama

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Famed stage actress Elisabeth Vogler suffers a moment of blankness during a performance and the next day lapses into total silence. Advised by her doctor to take time off to recover from what appears to be an emotional breakdown, Elisabeth goes to a beach house on the Baltic Sea with only Anna, a nurse, as company. Over the next several weeks, as Anna struggles to reach her mute patient, the two women find themselves experiencing a strange emotional convergence.

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Critics Consensus

Arguably Bergman's finest film, Persona explores the human condition with intense curiosity, immense technical skill, and beguiling warmth.

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Susan Sontag

Sight & Sound

May 3, 2024

A succession of ever more difficult and rewarding films has turned up in recent years. But that good fortune releases nobody who cares about films from acclaiming work as original and triumphant as Persona.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Jul 14, 2023

5/5

... A nifty, stylish and unforgettable hour and a half.

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

Jan 2, 2018

5/5

Hardcore surrealism is rarely this enjoyable.

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Fico Cangiano

CineXpress Podcast

Aug 1, 2024

4.5/5

A quintessential example of avant-garde cinema. Bergman's influential film holds so much more than one initially thinks. [Full review in Spanish]

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

Mar 1, 2023

3.5/4

The quintessential, mid-century art film...

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Barbara Grier

The Ladder

Jun 30, 2021

The movie is weird, as are all of [Bergman's], but it is worth seeing -- even twice.

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Leprechaun K

@LeprechaunKing 3 days ago

Bergman's highly acclaimed classic. The blend of surrealism and conventional storytelling is unique. It is avant-garde but doesn't translate to good entertainment. Even at less than 90 minutes, pacing seem slow and overall dull and boring.

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Summer D

@summerlovesfilm Jul 11, 2026

Two women gradually become entwined in a relationship of mutual identification and disavowed experience, as the boundaries between self and other slowly dissolve.

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Antonio S

@RT72500320 Jun 15, 2026

Very good to excellent.

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Lily M

@Liliana.4 Jan 20, 2026

Persona vond ik een echt interessante en indrukwekkende film. Het is geen film die je zomaar kijkt. Hij zet je echt aan het denken. Tijdens en na het kijken merkte ik dat ik begon te reflecteren op mijn eigen leven, mijn identiteit en hoe ik mezelf aan anderen laat zien. De relatie tussen Alma en Elisabet is intens en soms ongemakkelijk. Juist daardoor blijft de film hangen. Je wordt als kijker bijna gedwongen om jezelf vragen te stellen: wie ben ik echt, en hoeveel daarvan is een rol? Ik zou deze film zeker aanraden aan veel andere mensen, vooral aan iedereen die houdt van films met diepgang en betekenis. Persona is geen simpele entertainmentfilm, maar een ervaring die je bijblijft.

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Ghalib D.

@Gdhalla Dec 1, 2025

Lots to be admired - the performances, cinematography, even the premise. As for trying to make sense of it ultimately…well.

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Cem Okan Y

@cmyldz23 Oct 23, 2025

This movie definitely is not great for having fun watching it. But it is great to appreciate what cinema is and also if you want to, to think about it and what it means to you.

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Alma, The Nurse

Liv Ullmann

Elisabeth Vogler, The Actress

Gunnar Björnstrand

Mr. Vogler

Margareta Krook

The Doctor

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Synopsis

Famed stage actress Elisabeth Vogler suffers a moment of blankness during a performance and the next day lapses into total silence. Advised by her doctor to take time off to recover from what appears to be an emotional breakdown, Elisabeth goes to a beach house on the Baltic Sea with only Anna, a nurse, as company. Over the next several weeks, as Anna struggles to reach her mute patient, the two women find themselves experiencing a strange emotional convergence.

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Producer: Ingmar Bergman
Screenwriter: Ingmar Bergman
Distributor: Video Yesteryear, United Artists, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., Reel Media International [us], Lopert Pictures Corp.
Production Co: Svensk Filmindustri
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Swedish
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 6, 1967, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2017
Runtime: 1h 21m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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