The Lie (1970)
- Original title
- Reservatet
- Directed by
- Jan Molander
- Genre
- drama, tv movie
- Country
- Sweden
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A couple named Anna and Andreas face the fallout from a painful lie. The tension between them builds as their relationship unravels in a quiet and restrained setting.
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What happens
The Lie (Swedish: Reservatet) is a 1970 Swedish television film directed by Jan Molander and written by Ingmar Bergman. Bergman wrote the script in 1968 with the name of "Reservatet: en banalitetens tragikomedi" (A tragicomedy of Banality). Although he did not direct it, he later tackled another relationship in a film with the same "Anna" and "Andreas" in the main roles: The Passion of Anna (1968). The same script in translation was also used for two English language television productions. A 1970 British version was directed by Alan Bridges and a 1973 American version was directed by Alex Segal, both of which used the title The Lie. The 1973 version starred Academy Award-nominated actors George Segal and Shirley Knight. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Scenes from a Marriage (1974)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.