The Blessed Ones (1986)

Original title

De två saliga

Directed by

Ingmar Bergman

Genre

drama film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 21m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged couple is driven apart when the wife starts believing she hears voices from God. Her husband tries to keep her safe as her mental health deteriorates.

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What happens

The Blessed Ones (Swedish: De två saliga) is a 1986 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Harriet Andersson and Per Myrberg. The screenplay was adapted by Ulla Isaksson from her own novel with the same title. The film tells the story of a couple in which the woman becomes delusional and loses her mind. It was the third time Bergman directed a film written by Isaksson, after Brink of Life and The Virgin Spring. The Blessed Ones was produced by Sveriges Television and premiered on TV2 on 19 February 1986. The American premiere was on 21 February 1987 at the Museum of Broadcasting in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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