Faithless (2000)
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 69
Fresh: 59 | Rotten: 10
This brooding, measured look at adultery is ultimately emotionally riveting, thanks to its script and performances.
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 22
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 2
This brooding, measured look at adultery is ultimately emotionally riveting, thanks to its script and performances.
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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
Cast
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Lena Endre
Marinanne Vogler -
Erland Josephson
Bergman -
Krister Henriksson
David -
Thomas Hanzon
Markus -
Michelle Gylemo
Isabelle -
Juni Dahr
Margareta -
Philip Zandén
Martin Goldman -
Therese Brunnander
Petra Holst -
Marie Richardson
Anna Berg -
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All Critics (77) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (59) | Rotten (10) | DVD (1)
It's a movie that shows us that the silence between two people can be more dramatic than 100 pages of dialogue.
Bergman has been far better at working out these themes than anything in Faithless would suggest.
These three adults are all sick puppies. But neither the actors nor their director has created any reason for one to care.
A powerful movie, with emotional rawness and honesty that have been hallmarks of Bergman's work as much as his incredible egocentricity.
Faithless is talky but very tight, and that cohesion relies on the bond between actors who aren't afraid to expose the depths of their characters.
Top CriticBergman, rare among artists these days, still believes in human complexity and value. He believes that what people do matters.
This could be a regretful remembrance of things past on the part of "Bergman" or it could be a pure fiction torn from the ether.
While not to everyone's taste, the technical and narrative complexity alone are to be applauded - the film looks gorgeous, and the film is both literate and witty.
Faithless comes with a pedigree that's hard to beat.
Slow, but involving Ullman-Bergman collaboration.
Faithless is a journey worth taking, but it's best to travel alone.
It's a provocative, deeply detailed film, finely crafted both in the studio and in the editing room by Ullman.
The then over-amplification of psychiatric-like meetings and counseling and the trivial and pedestrian matter of the affair are drowned in a mawkish, morose and unendurable pacing.
It's well worth seeing ... as long as two and a half hours of intense Swedish drama don't scare you off!
Without giving too much away, I can tell you that my response to these events was a thundering 'duh.'
No longer seeking God and Truth, Bergman now searches for the more attainable goals of forgiveness and redemption.
Henriksson, Hanzon and Josephson are fine as well, but the film belongs to Endre and Gylemo.
A probing look at love, marriage, fidelity, rivalry, and other deep-rooted emotional issues.
Audience Reviews for Faithless
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The film is a bit overlong, and I ultimately felt unsatisfied with the end product. I really like the concept of the film (and the cast is good), but I just can't quite recommend it. A near-miss.
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Foreign Titles
- Faithless (Trolosa) (DE)
- Faithless (Trolosa) (UK)
I'm not familiar with Ingmar Bergman's movies. I have not seen any of his movies till Faithless. I know it was directed by Liv Ulmann but written by Bergman. My friend told me, you will recognize Bergman's themes in almost all his movies.The movie showed an old man, representing Bergman,writing a new script for a movie. A lady accompanies him, telling him everything about her life, as a married woman, betraying her husband with his best friend and the consequences of her actions. The script seemed predictable, but was really surprising.I It was just something different for me but unbelievably good.