After the Rehearsal

After the Rehearsal

1984 · 74 min · SV · 6.9 (75 votes)
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · Starring Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, Lena Olin, Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss, Bertil Guve
Drama

Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Strindberg's A Dream Play. She talks of her hatred for her mother, now dead, an alcoholic actress, who was Vogler's star and lover.

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A hauntingly intimate chamber piece where the ghosts of past relationships and artistic ambition linger. It feels like a quiet, intense conversation in a dimly lit room, dissecting the fragile ties between art, love, and memory.

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