“Sometimes it feels as if I’m being forced to live in someone else’s nightmare. When will they wake up and feel shame for what they’ve done.” - Liv Ullman
Harrowing and deeply disturbing portrayal of a refined, educated couple losing their humanity during war.
Barbarism impacts us all, no matter the barriers we put up. Bergman is so deeply attuned to the true human motivations - his script feels incredibly real. Very few films show the thin veneer of civilization being peeled away, one strip of varnish after the other - so effectively.