Face to Face

Face to Face

A woman's most intimate encounter with the one person she didn't know. Herself.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

Produced by DDL Cinematografica, Cinematograph AB

1976114 min7.2 / 10

A harrowing psychological descent into fractured identity and repressed trauma, told with clinical precision and intimate intensity.

A psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distress while working at a mental hospital and returning to her childhood home. As her professional responsibilities and personal relationships intersect, she undergoes a breakdown that forces her to confront long-suppressed memories and fears. (Note: This entry refers to the 1976 theatrical feature film (approximately 135 minutes), created by condensing and re-editing the four-part Swedish television miniseries originally produced the same year.)

Questions people ask

  • Is Face to Face sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.

  • Is Face to Face scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is Face to Face easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Does Face to Face end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Face to Face violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity90

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise77

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love75

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Face to Face, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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