Friday, 21 November 2014

A civil war

Shame (1968)

Written and directed by Ingmar Bergman this film stars Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow and Sigge Furst. An apolitical couple living on a small island get caught up in a long running civil war.

Much like other Bergman films the focus of this film is psychological and a lot of the conflict internal. This is not my favourite Bergman film but did explore some interesting ideas about what people would do to survive. I like the way the story keeps the larger events fairly ambiguous and in general the film is pretty well made.


4/5

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