
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth's persona.... (Full plot summary below)
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A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth's persona.
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| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeA work of many possible readings -- any of which provide deeply disturbing looks into the psyche of the characters or character. |
| New YorkerPauline KaelIngmar Bergman's best film, I suppose, though it's still fairly tedious and overloaded with avant-garde cliches. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonOne of the screen's supreme works and perhaps Ingmar Bergman's finest film, "Persona" is also his most radical in form and technique. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeOne of the most chilling, disturbing, and even erotic films to ever be made. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPersona is a film we return to over the years, for the beauty of its images and because we hope to understand its mysteries. |
| Monthly Film BulletinDavid WilsonCertainly Persona is Bergman's most concentrated work, in a sense a summation of the themes dominant in most of his previous films; and it is undeniably a difficult film, if only because it leaves itself open to so many interpretations. |
| Little White LiesDavid JenkinsHardcore surrealism is rarely this enjoyable. |
| Sunday Times (UK)Edward PorterWhether the film's ambiguous meanings strike you as profound or overblown, there's greatness enough in its aesthetic marvels: the power of its performances, the beauty of its images and the deftness of its sudden shifts. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabIt remains as mysterious and troubling now as it ever was. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickYou might not understand it all right away, or even after multiple viewings, but there is nothing about Persona that is forgettable. It is an experience that sticks with you and gnaws at you, compelling you back to it again and again. |