The actors are remarkable, yet unadorned. Any magic in the piece comes through the time-fractured structure. There are five 'confessions' or revealing conversations set in different time periods. And they are not arranged chronologically, so the story unfolds in the middle, moves forwards, backwards and then ends both in the beginning and at the conclusion simultaneously. No one in a Bergmanesque film is left unscarred, emotionally.
Cathartic moments are hard-won.
Private Confessions plays here in Swedish with English subtitles. Canada's Top Movies 1. Don't Say A Word 2. In Atlantis 4.