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Persona (movie) - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Article, Being, Body, Character, Conscience, Creature, Ego, Entelechy, Entity, Facade, Face, Front, Guise, Id, Identity, Individual |
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Persona is a movie by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, released in 1966, and featuring Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann.
Plot
The movie takes place mostly at a seaside summer residence, where actress Elisabeth Vogler has been sent to recuperate by her psychiatrist after remaining silent for a long time. Her nurse Alma is sent to accompany her.
The main plot is about the two personalities exchanging places, switching from one body to the other, so at the end, the nurse is Elisabeth Vogler and Elisabeth Vogler is the nurse. On a second level, the movie discuss what makes a person a person and if all our roles as humans are just as exchangeable.
David Lynch's film Mulholland Dr. shares strong similarities with "Persona".
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