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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Nudity, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 10/22/2002 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: Swedish Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 22 mins Studio: First Look Pictures Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Drama, Romantic Drama, Marriage Drama

Renowned actress-turned-director Liv Ullmann helms this bleak, nuanced film about marriage and betrayal penned by legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. The story is straightforward -- Marianne Vogler (Lena Endre) is a beautiful actress who is married to Markus (Thomas Hanzon), whose job as an orchestra conductor requires numerous concerts abroad, and who dotes on their young daughter Isabelle (Michelle Gylemo). Yet when Marianne has an affair with family friend David (Kirster Henriksson), a film director with a volcanic temper and little regard to those around him, the fallout destroys the marriage and brings grief and suffering to all involved, particularly Isabelle. Ullman and Bergman frame this plot with a tale about an elderly director named Bergman (Erland Josephson, who played opposite Ullman in Bergman's landmark Scenes from a Marriage) who is trying to write a script about infidelity. In his austerely decorated house on a remote island, Bergman invites an actress, who may or may not be a figment of his imagination, to breathe life into the character of Marianne. The actress tells Bergman of Marianne's story through flashbacks. One evening, on the closing night of the play that Marianne was in -- and while Markus is abroad -- David arrives for dinner with her and ultimately sleeps, platonically, in her bed. This unplanned intimacy soon leads to a full blown affair, including a three week romantic getaway to Paris. When Markus finally discovers the couple in flagrante delicto, he demands an immediate divorce and custody of their daughter. This film was screened in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Lena Endre - Marinanne Vogler
Erland Josephson - Bergman
Krister Henriksson - David
Thomas Hanzon - Markus

Directed by Liv Ullmann from a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman, Faithless comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The Swedish soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include filmographies of the director and writer, and a theatrical trailer. This First Look release is most recommended to Bergman enthusiasts, but there is little here to entice the average DVD consumer. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide