Persona

In the organizer's words:

Ingmar Bergman's open, fragmentary narrative as an allegorical work about consciousness, representation and the failure of communication

After the actress Elisabet Vogler(Liv Ullmann) suddenly falls silent during a performance of Elektra, she is admitted to a clinic but is deemed to be physically and mentally healthy. The young nurse Alma(Bibi Andersson) is placed at her side. On the recommendation of the head doctor, they both retreat to a remote summer house by the sea. There, an increasingly intense relationship develops between the women - characterized by closeness and desire, but also by manipulation, betrayal and painful self-dissolution.

The emotional tension between Elisabet and Alma creates a complex dynamic in which the boundaries between self and you, between reality and projection, dissolve. Looking back, US writer Sarah Schulman described the film as formative: "The first significant lesbian images in cinema for me were Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson in Ingmar Bergman's PERSONA, especially the moment when the intensity of their feelings set the celluloid alight."

The film will be shown open-air in the courtyard of the Heidehof. In case of bad weather, the event will take place indoors.

Price information:

Admission for a donation, no reservation necessary, bring a blanket if necessary, mobile FM listening system, wheelchair accessible