![]() He tried to write about this for many years but was only able to do so when he found the seedbed for the script in the charac-ter and temperament of an actress. Faithless is based an a real event in Ingmar Bergman's life. We also witness the old Bergman who, once upon a time, was the leading figure in the love-making' dance but is now in his study, feeling pangs of conscience for what he did to the woman he loved then. We follow the three in their love-making dance - and witness the child that sits in the middle without understanding her own role. But, as I see it, the victim is the child she who has been used in the adults' own game. Two men and a woman desire to `play' an `adult game': let us love a little dangerously, let us be happy together, let us forget what is good and what is evil. To live in a state of unfaithfulness at the turn of the millennium is simply a way of life that more and more people choose to live. "The unfaithfulness portrayed by Ingmar Bergman in his new film script is not a conscious unfaithfulness - not an act of will. No one is innocent, people manipulate those they love, secrets are revealed and everyone it appears - is faithless. ![]() When Markus demands a divorce and custody of Isabelle, all the parties will play out a dangerous game with tragic consequences. But the waiting - and the knowing of their unfaithfulness has become intolerable to him. In fact he has known about them even before they went to Paris, but decided to play a `waiting game', hoping the passion would burn out. One night, tragedy knocks on the lovers' door: it's Markus. When Marianne and David return to Sweden, although everyday life takes over, they become lovers again. When Markus goes on an extensive tour and Isabelle stays with her grandmother, the two arrange to meet in Paris. Marianne now sees him in a different light, and finds him both sexually and emotionally attractive. But something changes and what was once a safe, platonic friendship between Marianne and David is suddenly altered. One night, while Markus is away, David visits the flat as usual. Twice divorced, David is often at Marianne and Markus' apartment, and he is Isabelle's favourite storyteller. They have a nine-year old daughter, Isabelle. Marianne is happily married to Markus, a successful conductor. He allows her to become a woman, an actress and calls her Marianne. A writer living on an island, struggles with a story based on his memory of a love story. Written by Ingmar Bergman, adapted and directed by Liv Ullmann, FAITHLESS is loosely based on a true episode in the life of the Swedish director. The emotional and riveting drama about three adults caught in a love triangle and the resulting devastating consequences.
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