Bergman Island backdrop

Bergman Island poster

Quick Info

Rating

6.3/10

Release2021

Runtime1h 53m

StatusReleased

Budget$6,500,000

Revenue$1,005,843

Production

CG Cinéma

Neue Bioskop Film

SCOPE Pictures

Plattform Produktion

Piano

ARTE France Cinéma

RT Features

Dauphin Films

Talipot Studio

SCOPE Invest

Movie

Bergman Island

2021

1h 53m

6.3

Drama

Romance

Synopsis

An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the summer to each write screenplays for their upcoming films in an act of pilgrimage to the place that inspired Ingmar Bergman. As the summer and their screenplays advance, the lines between reality and fiction start to blur against the backdrop of the Island's wild landscape.

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