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The Rite (Swedish: Riten) is a 1969 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It premiered on Swedish television on 25 March 1969.
The Rite: Directed by Ingmar Bergman. With Ingrid Thulin, Anders Ek, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erik Hell. A theatre troupe is called to court because of obscene performance material and an interrogation ensues, which causes them to expose their neuroses and inner psychological torments.
Staged on bare sets and shot almost entirely in close-up, The Rite condenses a decade’s worth of cinematic exploration into seventy-five tense, unsettling minutes. Ingmar Bergman conceived this experimental work as a response to his controversial tenure at the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
May 12, 2018 · The Rite 1969 // Sweden // Ingmar Bergman “The rite is the game the artist plays with the audience, between the artist and the society - all this hodgepodge of mutual humiliation and mutual need for one another.
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1969. Riten. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which they may face a fine.
Actors Thea (Ingrid Thulin), Sebastian (Anders Ek) and Hans (Gunnar Björnstrand) are sequestered in the offices of Judge Abrahamson (Erik Hell), who questions them about the play they have been ...
