The Passion of Anna
There is no end to the exploration of Ingmar Bergman's imposing work. This cycle, marking the recent revival of Cinematograph AB, the production company founded by the filmmaker, offers a selection of films that have rarely (if ever) been shown in Quebec theaters. This selection, which includes shorts, documentaries, a made-for-TV movie inspired by the making of Victor Sjöström's The Phantom Carriage, a feature-length version and a TV version of Face to Face, as well as a restoration of The Touch, allows us to consider new aspects of Bergman's work, just fifteen years after his death. Two films about the filmmaker's body of work and two of his masterpieces complete the cycle.
Andréas Winkelman lives alone on the island of Fårö, isolated from the world. One day, Anna, a young widow, asks him if she can use his phone. Andréas, who is pretending to go out, listens to her burst into tears in a disturbing discussion... When she leaves, she forgets her bag. When he brings it back to her, he meets the couple who is hosting her, with whom he sympathizes. What follows is an emotional and loving medley involving these four lost and disillusioned people... and the ghosts of an unresolved past.
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time, Bergman's films are known as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul.
