In the Presence of a Clown (1997)
- Original title
- Larmar och gör sig till
- Directed by
- Ingmar Bergman
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Sweden
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 32 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 professor named Carl is placed in a mental ward after an attempted murder. There he befriends another patient named Osvald and they work together to create and promote a film.
melancholicintimatequirkyintrospectiveslow-pacedbittersweettheatricalcharacter-driven
What happens
In the Presence of a Clown (Swedish: Larmar och gör sig till) is a television film by Ingmar Bergman, recorded for Swedish television in 1997 with Bergman as a director. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It tells the story of a professor named Carl, who has been found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to treatment in a mental ward. In the hospital he befriends a man named Osvald, and they attempt to make and promote a film. The film was produced for Sveriges Television from Bergman's 1994 play of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Beck - Trails in Darkness (1997)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.