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Faithless Reviews

2001

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A memoir of a long-ago love affair, semi-autobiographically written by Ingmar Bergman. Read more

Starring	Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson, Thomas Hanzon
Director	Liv Ullmann
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- "...As luminous as it is shattering, FAITHLESS is complex, challenging and richly rewarding, and it glows with the kind of wrenchingly selfless portrayals that are the hallmark of the Bergman classics..."
- 9215
- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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- - 4
  - 1
  disappointing film
  
  I expected much more from a film scripted by Bergman and directed by Liv Ullman, who is pretty fabulous as an actress in his films. Unfortunately the story here... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 06 Feb 2005 at 04:20
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- - 2
  - 0
  A cautionary tale
  
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  This re-telling of an intense affair and its catastrophic aftermath is soul-searching, sensitive and painful. The narrator, with the help of ghosts of long-... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 13 Jul 2009 at 14:36
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  bergman standard
  
  superb fascinating usual high standard of Bergman's actors
  
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- - mette
  - 2 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 05 Dec 2007 at 14:02
- - 2
  - 0
  Very sad, but great!
  
  I had a chance to watch the first 15 minutes of this film on TV, and already from that I knew that I would love it. There are no easy answers and solutions in ... read more »
  
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  - Edinburgh, Scotland
  - 30 Nov 2006 at 13:12
- - 4
  - 1
  disappointing film
  
  I expected much more from a film scripted by Bergman and directed by Liv Ullman, who is pretty fabulous as an actress in his films. Unfortunately the story here... read more »
  
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  - 06 Feb 2005 at 04:20
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- - 4
  - 1
  disappointing film
  
  I expected much more from a film scripted by Bergman and directed by Liv Ullman, who is pretty fabulous as an actress in his films. Unfortunately the story here... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 70172
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - London
  - 06 Feb 2005 at 04:20
- - 2
  - 0
  Very sad, but great!
  
  I had a chance to watch the first 15 minutes of this film on TV, and already from that I knew that I would love it. There are no easy answers and solutions in ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 390513
- - a customer
  - Edinburgh, Scotland
  - 30 Nov 2006 at 13:12
- - 2
  - 0
  A cautionary tale
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  This re-telling of an intense affair and its catastrophic aftermath is soul-searching, sensitive and painful. The narrator, with the help of ghosts of long-... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 783344
- - a customer
  - London
  - 13 Jul 2009 at 14:36
- - 1
  - 0
  bergman standard
  
  superb fascinating usual high standard of Bergman's actors
  
  Report this review
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- - mette
  - 2 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 05 Dec 2007 at 14:02

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Critics' reviews
- "...As luminous as it is shattering, FAITHLESS is complex, challenging and richly rewarding, and it glows with the kind of wrenchingly selfless portrayals that are the hallmark of the Bergman classics..."
- 9215
- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...More than just a reverent homage to [Ingmar Bergman]....The [film's] mystery is deepened by [its] extraordinary central performances..."
- 9216
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- Intense, slow-moving drama of marital disruption and vengeful behaviour that gains resonance from its apparently autobiographical origins.
- 31039
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- Alone in an isolated coastal cottage, elderly dramatist Josephson (a clumsy, obvious stand-in for Bergman, who wrote... read more on Time Out
- 44248
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...[Ullman has] a magnificent empathy with her players, she is also rewardingly attentive to visual detail..."
- 9217
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...It is an invigorating experience to see the work of a masterful director fully in control of her craft..."
- 9213
- - Box Office
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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