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Private Confessions

Private Confessions

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 25, 1996

Runtime

3h 16m

Genres

Drama

User Score

62%

Original Title

Enskilda samtal

Production Companies

SVT

Director

Liv Ullmann

Description

Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla August) divulges an extramarital affair to a priest, her uncle Jacob (Max von Sydow). He presses her to confess her sins to her husband, Henrik. As the film moves back and forth in time, the notion of truth is tested. Tomas, the lover, and Henrik will find that Anna's confessions do not absolve anyone, and have the power to inflict more pain.