The Passion of Anna (1969) poster
1969 · drama

The Passion of Anna

Directed by Ingmar Bergman1h 41m1969
ElsewhereIMDb7.611kRT100%TMDB7.4201
  • heavy
  • slow-burn
  • intense
  • bleak
  • signature
  • intimate
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Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A recently divorced man and an emotionally devastated widow begin a love affair.

Our read · The Passion of Anna (1969) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want Bergman at his most raw—grief, marriage, and identity stripped bare.

ends devastatingit stays with youmeditativegrips by minute 18attention 5/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upanimal harmgraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if you need momentum tonight; this unspools slowly and stays heavy.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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