After the Rehearsal

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After the Rehearsal ★★★ Efter Repetitionen 1984 (R)

Two actresses, one young, the other at the end of her career, challenge their director with love and abuse. Each questions his right to use them on stage and off. A thoughtful discussion of the meaning and reason for art originally made for Swedish TV. Swedish with English subtitles. 72m/C VHS . SW Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, Lena Olin; D: Ingmar Bergman; W: Ingmar Bergman; C: Sven Nykvist. TV

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