DCP

Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words

Stig Björkman
Part of

53rd New York Film Festival

September 25 - October 11, 2015

This lovingly crafted film is composed from Ingrid Bergman’s letters and diaries, the memories of her children and a few close friends and colleagues, photographs, and moments from thousands of feet of Super-8 and 16mm footage shot by Bergman herself.

DIRECTOR
Stig Björkman
YEAR
2015
COUNTRY
Sweden
RUNTIME
114 minutes
LANGUAGE
Swedish and English with English subtitles
FORMAT
DCP

This is a lovingly crafted film about one of the cinema’s most luminous and enchanting presences, composed from her letters and diaries (extracts of which are read by Alicia Vikander), the memories of her children (Pia Lindström and Isabella, Ingrid, and Roberto Rossellini), and a few close friends and colleagues (including Liv Ullmann and Sigourney Weaver), photographs, and moments from thousands of feet of Super-8 and 16mm footage shot by Bergman herself throughout the years. Stig Björkman’s focus is not on Bergman the star but on Bergman the woman and mother: orphaned at 13, drawn to acting on the stage and then on film, sailing for Hollywood at 24 and then leaving it all behind for a new and different life with Roberto Rossellini. Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words is, finally, a self-portrait of a truly independent woman. A Rialto Pictures release.

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Travel support generously provided by the Consulate General of Sweden.

Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words
Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words
Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words
Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words
Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words

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