Passion of Anna (1969) - Ingmar Bergman

Colaboratorii lui Bergman (Von Sydow, Ullmann, Bibi si Erland ) sunt pusi in situatia de a face un studiu al personajelor interpretate in cadrul filmului. Filmul , destul de static , apropiat teatrului de televiziune imi pare un manifest existentialist , retoric , introspectiv. Infatiseaza incapacitatile personajelor (oamenilor) de a trece peste traume, de a se simti intr-o deplina comuniune sociala, de a se simti utili, de a trece peste prejudecati. Atmosfera angoasanta a insulei gradeaza scindarile personajelor de a face fata singuratatii. In scena in care cele patru personaje iau cina se pare ca a fost in majoritate o improvizatie. Personajele feminine domina cadrele varsandu-si cele mai adanci ganduri. Iata cateva momente:

Eva : " I'm just a small part of his general tiredness. The world is indifferent to Elis sarcasm's but i'm not. I want to pay him back . I want more (asking for more drink). (respira adanc) I don't know what to do.... Elis is fantastic.

Andreas :' Yes he is. I like him very much.

Eva: The worst of it is that i love him. I mean love. There is no other word for it... If only i knew how i could show him my love.. What is it to become of us ? Why do we grow like this > (Il imbratiseaza pe Andreas). What is this deadly poison that corrodes the best in us leaving only the shell ? ... I'm so tired. The wine has made me sleepy . I'm drowsy too....

... apoi doarme , se trezeste..

sarutandu-l...

Eva: It's so hard to realize one day that you're meaningless. That no one needs though you want to give yourself. I suppose it's my own fault but it's paralysing. I want to accomplish so much. I make a lot of plans. Then i talk to Elis and he says :' No, don't do that, do this". So it all ends in smoke. (plangand) No i mustn't blame Elis. I mustn't. Everything i touch goes wrong. And Elis, he...No, I shouldn't blame Elis. (plange, se culca cu Andreas)...


Ana : (talking about her marriage with Andreas) We lived in complete affinity. We thought the same things. We were together in everything. I know it sounds silly and exaggerated when i tell it, but it's so hard to describe how to people became part of each other. The words are so trite and don't cover the experience at all. The child was a fantastic experience for both of us. Everything to do with the child. I passed my exam and got a position as a teacher and Andreas got his assistant professorship . We bought a little house out of town and furnished it by degrees . We built something up together. I don;t know what to call it. A real security. A security. Everyone thought it was an ideal marriage with no dissension. But that was not so. We had violent quarrels. But we never infected us with cruelty and suspicion . We were always completely honest. There wasn't a pretence in our relationship. (amuzata) Andreas was unfaithful to me once. You didn't think that , did you ? Well he was. He told me about it at once. And i felt how much he loved me and i got over it. And we took greater care of each other than ever. The worst thing was once when he left me. I found out where he was and he changed his mind and came back . And we lived close together than ever before. Then we came here for the weekend with our little boy. Eva and Elis had lent us their house... I wanted to drive out to the church ruins. I got my way and we set off. Andreas had a few drinks and asked me to drive. I wasn't driving fast at all. We were in high spirits. The road was slippery and the car began to skid. Andreas tried to grab the wheel but we shot off the road into the ditch right through the stone wall and in among the trees. When i came to , i saw the wreck of the car and a man with a gash in his throat and half his body through the windshield . A little boy lay farther away. He'd been hurled on through the door. And his head was in a funny position. I remember thinking : "What a ghastly accident" . And i wondered why nobody came to help those people. I made my way up to the road and i began to feel the pain in my side and leg. I felt dragging one foot behind me. That's when i saw the blood. It was blood everywhere. And my shinbone was poking through my stocking. They found us a few hours later. I didn't think life could look like that. I didn't think life would be a daily suffering... (tot acest text intr-o singur cadru)...